On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:44:48 +0000, T o n g wrote: > I know how to get an IP address *info* using dig, but has anyone looked > into how to get *only* the IP address? so that I can use, eg. > > the_ip=`get_ip host` Not sure if this will be bulletproof but... sm01@stt008:~$ host -t a google.com|head -n1|awk '{ print $4 }' 209.85.169.105 Greetings, -- Camaleón