.netrc settings not work properly using ntpq or ntpdc binary

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In my case NTPd runnning inside a container, so I want to change the default host target used by ntpq -p and ntpdc -p command (default: 127.0.0.1). I have created ~/.ntprc with the following content:

[NTPQ]
command host 169.254.0.10
 
[NTPDC]
command host 169.254.0.10

But when I'm running command I have an error occured which display an unknown random command like below:

ntpq -p
***Command `���.'' unknown
current host set to 169.254.0.10
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*LOCAL(0)        .LOCL.          14 l   63   64  377    0.000    0.000   0.000

ntpq -p
***Command `����*' unknown
current host set to 169.254.0.10
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*LOCAL(0)        .LOCL.          14 l   51   64  377    0.000    0.000   0.000

In some case the command work as expected :

ntpq -p
current host set to 169.254.0.10
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*LOCAL(0)        .LOCL.          14 l   43   64  377    0.000    0.000   0.000

It looks like a misread buffer error.

Besides, the manual is not really clear about the preset mechanisms using environment variables named NTPQ_* inside .netrc. I tried to set host using NTPQ_HOST=<ip> or host <ip> but none of these trials works.

How can I change the default host without define the host ip for each command (ie: ntpq -p <ip>) ?
I use ntpq in version [email protected].

Thanks for your feedbacks