On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 12:12:57PM +1200, Tim Thomson wrote: > Hi, > > I want to write a script, that gets the local ip address, and does a > reverse ns lookup, then sets the hostname to the dns response. > > I can use grep to get the line I want from ifconfig and nslookup. But how > do I get the numbers and name out of the output? Was it awk or sed, or am > I going along the wrong track?
if it is not too complicated, try "cut" hope this helps Marcin -- -------------------------------- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------
