NAME

getip − Gets a host’s IP address

SYNOPSIS

getip host

ARGUMENTS

hostThe host argument indicates the name of the machine whose IP address you want to obtain. 

DESCRIPTION

The getip command prints the IP address of the machine indicated in the host argument.  A machine may have more than one IP address associated with it; if so, getip prints one of the addresses.  If the command fails, it returns a status of 1. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: gethostbyname(3)
 

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