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# check host value regex='^([1-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])(\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])){3}$' if [ "$(echo $host | grep '[A-Za-z]')" != "" ]; then if [[ "$(host $host)" =~ "not found" ]]; then echo host $host not found exit 4 fi elif [[ ! $host =~ $regex ]]; then echo $host is an invalid host address exit 5 fi

espeacailly the top regex part?

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