Re: how to reverse an IPv4, with awk
On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 02:24:18AM +0200, coreyh@free.fr wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I wrote this script for reversing an IP:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> IP=$1
>
> if [ -z $IP ];then
> echo "$0 IP"
> exit 1
> fi
>
> REVERSE=$(echo $IP|awk -F\. '{print $4.$3.$2.$1}')
> echo $REVERSE
>
>
> it won't work as the output below.
>
> $ bin/rbl.sh 61.144.56.32
> 325614461
>
>
> The "." was lost.
>
> If I changed the awk line to:
> REVERSE=$(echo $IP|awk -F\. '{print "$4.$3.$2.$1"}')
>
>
> It becomes:
>
> $ bin/rbl.sh 61.144.56.32
> $4.$3.$2.$1
>
Make / mark the dot as string with " character.
|$ echo 44.33.2.1 | awk -F\. '{print $4 "." $3 "." $2 "." $1}'
|1.2.33.44
|$
> Can you help with this?
I tent to ignore yes-no-questions.
Groeten
Geert Stappers
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