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To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>
Subject: .sh script code to determine IPv4 or IPv6
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Fbsd8 writes:

>  I have a .sh script that I need to determine if the entered IP
>  address is IPv4 or IPv6.
>  
>  Is there some .sh command that does this?

	Not that I know of.
	But ... how hard can it be to figure out whether it uses '.' or
':'?


				Robert Huff