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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.11.14.16.59...@gmail.com