NAME

       gethostip — convert an IP address into various formats

SYNOPSIS

       gethostip [-dxnf]  [HOSTNAME|IP]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the gethostip command.

       The  gethostip  utility  converts the given hostname or IP address into a variety formats.
       It is provided by the syslinux package to make it  easier  to  calculate  the  appropriate
       names  for  pxelinux configuration files.  These filenames can be the complete hexadecimal
       representation for a given IP address, or a partial hexadecimal representation to match  a
       range of IP addresses.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -d        Output the IP address in decimal format.

       -x        Output the IP address in hexadecimal format.

       -n        Output the host's canonical name.

       -f        Full output.  Outputs the IP address in all supported formats.  Same as -xdn.

SEE ALSO

       syslinux(1)

       More  details  can  be  found  in  the  pxelinux  documentation,  which  can  be  found in
       /usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.doc.gz on Debian GNU/Linux systems.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was compiled by dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> for the Debian  GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others).

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