On 29Jan2008 17:15, James Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Jan 29, 2008 1:58 PM, Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > On 28Jan2008 09:24, Mohammad Shahid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<jamal_linux%40yahoo.co.in>> | > wrote: | > | Can anyone plz tell me a command in linux to find the ip address of the | > system connected in to a local network. | > | > The "host" command will look up a machine name and return an IP address. | > The "ping" command can be used to see if that address answers. | > Whether it's actually the machine you wanted is left to you to | > determine. | > | > | With full description of command. | > | > "man host" and "man ping" do that. | | I find that the command "ifconfig" can give me most of this information
Um, yes, if we're talking about the machine we're sitting in front of. Perhaps I misread the OP's intent; I took it to mean another machine. -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
