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Performs a reverse DNS lookup, variants include: nslookup 74.125.45.100 or: host 74.125.45.100 Show Sample Output

dig -x 74.125.45.100

postrational · 2009-09-28 15:13:34 0

Get just the IP for a hostname

has the benefit of being a bit more cross-platform.
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getent hosts google.com | awk '{print $1}'

depesz · 2010-11-03 12:02:05 0
Get just the IP for a hostname
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dig hostname a +short

bartman75 · 2010-10-30 19:25:55 0
Send e-mail if host is 'dead' or not reachable

Cleaner with a mailto assignment in crontab (if the command fails you get an email): MAILTO=admin@example.com 10,30,50 * * * * ping -q -c1 -w3 192.168.0.14 >/dev/null
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10,30,50 * * * * ping -c1 -w3 192.168.0.14 >/dev/null

bashrc · 2012-02-06 14:54:15 0
Ruby - nslookup against a list of IP`s or FQDN`s

This version uses host and no ruby.
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while read n; do host $n; done < list

putnamhill · 2009-12-07 18:03:20 1
Change host name

With sed you can replace strings on the fly.
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sed -i 's/oldname/newname/' /etc/hosts /etc/hostname

adria · 2014-11-02 22:03:48 0
DNS cache snooping

DNS cache snooping
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for i in `cat names.txt`; do host -r $i [nameserver]; done

hemanth · 2009-08-22 09:26:31 0
Perform a reverse DNS lookup
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0

dig +short -x 127.0.0.1

encoded · 2014-08-07 20:42:50 0
Perform a reverse DNS lookup

Short and concise output appropiate for scripts. Show Sample Output
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```
$ getent hosts 128.142.165.72 
128.142.165.72  vocms202.cern.ch
```
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getent hosts <host>

lulingar · 2014-08-19 13:54:56 0
Get just the IP for a hostname

Get just the IP address for a given hostname. For best results, make this a function in your shell rc file so that it can be used for things like traceroute: Titus:~$ traceroute `getip foo.com` traceroute to 64.94.125.138 (64.94.125.138), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets Show Sample Output
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```
Titus:~$ host foo.com|grep "has address "|cut -d" " -f4
64.94.125.138
```
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host foo.com|grep " has address "|cut -d" " -f4

dinomite · 2010-10-29 17:01:37 0
Get just the IP for a hostname
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gethostip -d hostname

ashayh · 2010-10-29 18:54:46 0
Get just the IP for a hostname
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host google.com|awk '{print $NF}'

aitilang · 2010-11-03 11:15:30 0
monitor when target host will be up
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while true; do date; ssh <YOUR HOST HERE> "echo" && echo "HOST UP" && break; sleep 60; done

unixmonkey11685 · 2011-05-29 19:54:16 0
Make alert if host is 'dead' or not reachable

Every 20 minutes ping host with IP address 192.168.0.14. If it's not 'alive' or not reachable, then display something eye-catching (here xeyes) on the desktop. Hint for newbies: edit crontab with crontab -e
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10,30,50 * * * * ping -q -c1 -w3 192.168.0.14 | grep '1 received' - || env DISPLAY=:0 xeyes

knoppix5 · 2012-02-06 09:40:11 0
Send e-mail if host is 'dead' or not reachable

Every 20 minutes test if host with IP 192.168.0.14 is 'dead' or not reachable. The line should be put in your crontab file.
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10,30,50 * * * * ping -q -c1 -w3 192.168.0.14 | grep '1 received' - || mail -ne -s'Host 192.168.0.14 not reachable' admin@example.com

knoppix5 · 2012-02-06 10:42:46 0

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Get all IPs via ifconfig

and, a lot uglier, with sed: $ ifconfig | sed -n '/inet addr:/s/[^:]\+:$\S\+$.*/\1/p' Edit: Wanted to be shorter than the perl version. Still think that the perl version is the best..

Using ASCII Art output on MPlayer

Not so useful. Just a cool feature.

auto terminal title change

above line in .bash_profile will give you window title in putty or terminal client when you login to your remote server

Show a curses based menu selector

Not so much handy by itself, but very nice in shell scripts. This makes you a handy ncurses based checklist. Much like terminal installers, just use the arrow keys and hit 'Space' to adjust the selections. Returns all selected tags as strings, with no newline at the end. So, your output will be something like: "one" "two" "three" "four" "etc" For those who prefer bash expansion over gratuitious typing: $ whiptail --checklist "Simple checkbox menu" 12 35 3 $(echo {one,two,three,four}" '' 0"} ) Things to note: The height must includes the outer border and padding: add 7 to however many items you want to show up at the same time. If the status is 1, it will be selected by default. anything else, will be deselected.

Installing debian on fedora (chrooted)

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Check your bash shell for vulnerability to the ShellShock exploit

If this command prints 'x' then your shell is vulnerable. Null output confirms that you are protected. Further reading: http://allanmcrae.com/2014/09/shellshock-and-arch-linux/

Battery real life energy vs predicted remaining plotted

This time I added a print to reemaining energy, every minute, time stamped. The example shown here is complete and point to large discrepancies as time passes, converging to accuracy near the end.

List only the directories

This command would be useful when it is desirable to list only the directories. 'egrep' chooses only the lines that begin with 'd'.

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

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