Re: ftp giving url but i want the IP address



On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:10:37 -0500
Walter <walterk1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 4/5/10 10:08 AM -0500, Walter wrote:

If, by "host-specific url" you mean the name associated with
the IP address, you should be able to get the IP address by
using the "host" command.


"host xxxxxxx" does the trick.

FWIW dig is a little cleaner for scripts

$ dig +short freebsd.org
69.147.83.40


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