NAME

       prips — print the IP addresses in a given range

SYNOPSIS

       prips [-c] [-d delim] [-e exclude] [-f format] [-i incr] start end
       prips [-c] [-d delim] [-e exclude] [-f format] [-i incr] CIDR-block
       prips -h

DESCRIPTION

       The  prips tool can be used to print all of the IP addresses in a given range.  It can enhance tools that
       only work on one host at a time, e.g.  whois(1).

       The prips tool accepts the following command-line options:

       -c      Print the range in CIDR notation.

       -d delim
               Set the delimiter to the character with ASCII code delim where 0 <= delim <= 255.

       -e <x.x.x,x.x>
               Exclude ranges from the output.

       -f format
               Set the format of addresses (hex, dec, or dot).

       -h      Show summary of options.

       -i incr
               Set the increment to 'x'.

ENVIRONMENT

       The prips tool's operation is not influenced by any environment variables.

FILES

       The prips tool's operation is not influenced by any files.

EXAMPLES

       Display all the addresses in a reserved subnet:

             prips 192.168.32.0 192.168.32.255

       The same, using CIDR notation:

             prips 192.168.32.0/24

       Display only the usable addresses in a class A reserved subnet using a space instead of a newline  for  a
       delimiter:

             prips -d 32 10.0.0.1 10.255.255.255

       Display every fourth address in a weird block:

             prips -i 4 192.168.32.7 192.168.33.5

       Determine the smallest CIDR block containing two addresses:

             prips -c 192.168.32.5 192.168.32.11

DIAGNOSTICS

       The prips utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

       ipsc(1), gipsc(1)

STANDARDS

       No standards were harmed in the writing of the prips tool.

HISTORY

       The  prips  tool was originally written by Daniel Kelly and later adopted by Peter Pentchev.  This manual
       page was originally written by Juan Alvarez for the Debian GNU/Linux system and later added to the  prips
       distribution and converted to mdoc format by Peter Pentchev.

AUTHORS

       Daniel Kelly ⟨dan@vertekcorp.com⟩
       Juan Alvarez ⟨jalvarez@fluidsignal.com⟩
       Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩

BUGS

       Please report any bugs in the prips tool to its current maintainer, Peter Pentchev.

Debian                                            March 1, 2011                                         PRIPS(1)