Re: How to get an IP address
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:44 AM, T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.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`
>>
>> dig +short ...
>
> Fails for CNAME chains, sorry!
>
> $ dig +short www.bbc.co.uk
> www.bbc.net.uk.
> 212.58.246.94
Why sorry?!
You're right. Thanks. I have a "ds" alias for "dig +short" that I use
more or less regularly; if I've come across this issue, I must've
ignored/filtered out the output in which I wasn't interested!
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