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On 03 jul 2005, at 17:18, fbsd_user wrote:

>
>
> On 03 jul 2005, at 15:39, fbsd_user wrote:
>
>
>>> What is the sh coding to strip the periods from a IP address??
>>>
>>>
>>> raw_ip='10.0.10.5'      this is starting
>>> num_ip='100105'        and this is what I need to convert to.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Hi,
>> many ways, here's one:
>>
>> printf '10.0.10.5' | sed 's/\.//g'
>>
>> Arno
>>
>
> *****************************************
>
> Thanks but I need a little more help.
>
> num_ip="(printf $raw_ip | sed 's/\.//g')"
>
> gives me a error.
>
> What would the correct syntax be?
>
> I am trying to write script to insert rules into PF firewall
> on 5.4. using pf anchors.
>
>
>


you forgot the " " around the printf argument:

num_ip=" `printf "$raw_ip" | sed 's/\.//g' ` "


Arno