On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Mark Andrews <ma...@isc.org> wrote: > > Why do we need to have a option to dig to massage the results into > every possible different form? > > dig A $name | awk '$0 ~ /status/ && $0 !~ /status: NOERROR,/ { > sub(",", "", $6 ); print $6; x=1 > } > $4 == "A" { print $5; x=1 } > END { if (!x) print "TIMEOUT" }'
Because, not everyone is as stunningly brilliant as you? To a non-zero population of this list the above looks like line-noise... W > > Mark > > > In message <54451077.8030...@imperial.ac.uk>, Phil Mayers writes: >> On 20/10/14 14:22, Frank Bulk (iname.com) wrote: >> > We=92re using this in a bash shell script. I don=92t think there=92s a n= >> ative >> > shell command to get the IP, so I=92ll use a mixture of host and dig as >> > necessary. >> >> If your system has it, try "getent" e.g. >> >> getent ahosts hostname >> _______________________________________________ >> Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscri= >> be from this list >> >> bind-users mailing list >> bind-users@lists.isc.org >> https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place. This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants. ---maf _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users