Comments on: Handy bash one liner for getting the ip address of a host http://blag.tsukasa.net.au/2009/02/19/handy-bash-one-liner-for-getting-the-ip-address-of-a-host/ Tech ramblings of Greg Darke, a University of Sydney student Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:33:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Risaer http://blag.tsukasa.net.au/2009/02/19/handy-bash-one-liner-for-getting-the-ip-address-of-a-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2447 Risaer Mon, 11 May 2009 19:06:43 +0000 http://blag.tsukasa.net.au/?p=63#comment-2447 Another little example (using ping and sed) is: ping -c 1 -s 1 -t 1 SERVERNAME|sed -n "s/).*//;s/.*(//p" for my Fritzbox 7170 with freetz I need to change -t to -w (donnow why) Another little example (using ping and sed) is:
ping -c 1 -s 1 -t 1 SERVERNAME|sed -n “s/).*//;s/.*(//p”

for my Fritzbox 7170 with freetz I need to change -t to -w (donnow why)

]]> By: James Bunton http://blag.tsukasa.net.au/2009/02/19/handy-bash-one-liner-for-getting-the-ip-address-of-a-host/comment-page-1/#comment-782 James Bunton Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:28:59 +0000 http://blag.tsukasa.net.au/?p=63#comment-782 Is it cheating to use dig? $ dig +short example.com|head -n 1 Is it cheating to use dig?
$ dig +short example.com|head -n 1

]]> By: SI http://blag.tsukasa.net.au/2009/02/19/handy-bash-one-liner-for-getting-the-ip-address-of-a-host/comment-page-1/#comment-778 SI Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:37:30 +0000 http://blag.tsukasa.net.au/?p=63#comment-778 Perhaps: host "$name" | sed -r 's/.*has address ([0-9\.]+)/\1/p' | head -n 1 Perhaps:

host “$name” | sed -r ’s/.*has address ([0-9\.]+)/\1/p’ | head -n 1

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