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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
             formats.  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 <dannf@debian.org> for
   the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                                              GETHOSTIP(1)



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