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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting IP address validation function Post 302110561 by cfajohnson on Tuesday 13th of March 2007 06:51:38 PM
Old 03-13-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by hcclnoodles
Hi does anybody have a ksh/sh/bash function that i can embed into my script that i could use to validate an inputted IP address, I tried using one big long regular expression but it got very long and complicated

ie

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
echo " Please enter your IP address"
read IP
 ---some function to determine if it is valid or not

Assuming a dotted quad format:

Code:
valid_dotted_quad()
{
    ERROR=0
    oldIFS=$IFS
    IFS=.
    set -f
    set -- $1
    if [ $# -eq 4 ]
    then
      for seg
      do
        case $seg in
            ""|*[!0-9]*) ERROR=1;break ;; ## Segment empty or non-numeric char
            *) [ $seg -gt 255 ] && ERROR=2 ;;
        esac
      done
    else
      ERROR=3 ## Not 4 segments
    fi
    IFS=$oldIFS
    set +f
    return ERROR
}

Test $IP with:

Code:
if valid_dotted_quad "$IP"
then
   ## IP OK
else
   ## Not OK
  printf "%s is not a valid dotted quad IP address" "$IP" >&2
fi

Note, however, that other formats can be valid IP addresses.
 

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locale::codes::langfam5.18

Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangFam - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangFam;

	  $lext = code2langfam('apa');		       # $lext gets 'Apache languages'
	  $code = langfam2code('Apache languages');    # $code gets 'apa'

	  @codes   = all_langfam_codes();
	  @names   = all_langfam_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangFam" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language families, such as those as defined in
       ISO 639-5.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 639-5
       language family codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language families. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a
       constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lext = code2langfam('apa','alpha');
	  $lext = code2langfam('apa',LOCALE_LANGFAM_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639-5 such as 'apa' for Apache languages.

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langfam ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langfam2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langfam_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langfam_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langfam_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-5/id.php
	   ISO 639-5 .

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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