> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:44 AM, T o n g <mlist4sunt...@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 <tomh0...@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 -- 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/dup9p8xtuv....@news.roaima.co.uk
