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This article is from the the Brief Linux FAQ (BLFAQ) Maintained by Neil Zanella nzanella@ganymede.cs.mun.ca

031. I am logged into a host. I would like to find out its IP address and a few other ones. How can I do this?

You could use the hosts command as follows:

ganymede $ host ganymede.cs.mun.ca
ganymede.cs.mun.ca has address 134.153.39.1
ganymede.cs.mun.ca mail is handled (pri=5) by garfield.cs.mun.ca
ganymede $

The programs nslookup and /sbin/ifconfig can also be used for this purpose.

 

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