ADDR2NAME(1) User's Manual ADDR2NAME(1)
NAME
addr2name, name2addr - perform DNS lookups from scripts
SYNOPSIS
addr2name [-46cmnr] [HOSTNAMES]
name2addr [-46cn] [HOSTNAMES]
DESCRIPTON
Write addresses or canonical hostname of specified names to the standard output. If no names are specified via the command line, they are
read from the standard input.
OPTIONS
-4 or --ipv4
Only try to perform IPv4 lookups.
-6 or --ipv6
Only try to perform IPv6 lookups.
-c or --config
Only lookup and print results for address families that match locally configured addresses (If the system has no IPv4 resp IPv6
address, then IPv4 resp IPv6 addresses are ignored).
-h or --help
Display some help and exit.
-m or --multiple
Normally, if a name yields multiple results, only the first one is printed. With this optional parameter, all results will be
printed on a single line, separated by spaces.
-n or --numeric
Prevent forward hostname lookup. This ensures that the input names are numeric addresses, which do not need to be looked up. Typi-
cally used along with the --reverse option to convert numerical addresses to canonical hostnames.
-r or --reverse
Perform a reverse DNS lookup (enabled implicitly with addr2name). addr2name prints numerical resolved addresses by default instead.
--version
Display program version and license and exit.
SEE ALSO
host(1), getaddrinfo(3), getnameinfo(3), resolv.conf(5)
AUTHOR
Remi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab dot net>
$Id: addr2name.1 658 2010-10-31 20:56:30Z remi $
http://www.remlab.net/ndisc6/
addr2name $Date: 2010-10-31 22:56:30 +0200 (dim. 31 oct. 2010) $ ADDR2NAME(1)
