---
name: "tldextract"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tldextract"
version: "5.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tldextract"
---

# tldextract(1)

program to separate the generic or country code top-level domains from the registered domain and subdomains of a URL.

## NAME

tldextract - program to separate the generic or country code top-level domains from the registered domain and subdomains of a URL.

## SYNOPSIS

**tldextract** \[*options*\] *fqdn \| url*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **tldextract** command.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--version**

  Show version of program.

- **-u, --update**

  Force fetch the latest TLD definitions.

- **-c,--cache-file CACHE\_FILE**

  Use an alternate TLD definition file.

- **-p,--private-domains**

  Include private-domains.

## SEE ALSO

For more information about tldextract see https://github.com/john-kurkowski/tldextract.