gethostip

GETHOSTIP(1)                                                      GETHOSTIP(1)



NAME
       gethostip — convert an IP address into various formats

SYNOPSIS
       gethostip [-dxnf]  [HOSTNAME|IP]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the gethostip command.

       The  gethostip utility converts the given hostname or IP address into a
       variety formats.  It is provided by the syslinux  package  to  make  it
       easier  to  calculate  the appropriate names for pxelinux configuration
       files.  These filenames can be the complete hexadecimal  representation
       for  a  given  IP  address,  or a partial hexadecimal representation to
       match a range of IP addresses.


OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included below.

       -d        Output the IP address in decimal format.

       -x        Output the IP address in hexadecimal format.

       -n        Output the host's canonical name.

       -f        Full output.  Outputs the IP address in  all  supported  for‐
                 mats.  Same as -xdn.


SEE ALSO
       syslinux(1)


       More  details  can be found in the pxelinux documentation, which can be
       found in /usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.doc.gz  on  Debian  GNU/Linux
       systems.


AUTHOR
       This  manual  page  was compiled by dann frazier  for
       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).



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