# What does pihole -t do

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 5, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/what-does-pihole-t-do/47473 "2021-06-05T15:40:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bucking\_Horn](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/bucking_horn/32/18719_2.png) [@Bucking\_Horn](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Bucking_Horn)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/what-does-pihole-t-do/47473/2 "2021-06-05T17:54:09Z")

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Just browse through the [topic](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-determine-what-domain-an-ad-is-coming-from/1522) I've linked - it's explained there. 😉

EDIT:  
In particular:

> ## The Pi-hole Query Log
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> You can view the log in real time as it happens [using `pihole -t`](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/the-pihole-command-with-examples/738#tailing-the-log). Run this command while you browse to the site that is showing ads. As the page loads up, watch the output in your terminal to track down what domains are being queried.

(_quoted directly from that topic_)

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