Re: How to get an IP address
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:44 AM, T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> 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`
Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
> dig +short ...
Fails for CNAME chains, sorry!
$ dig +short www.bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.net.uk.
212.58.246.94
(You could try dig +short ... | grep -v '\.$', but I've not tested that
exhaustively.)
Chris
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