On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 03:20:42PM +0000, Dan Track wrote: > Hi > > I thought I'd ask this here as you guys helped me setup mrtg :) > > I've got the following pattern in a text file in linux. > Target[description1].1.3.4.6.5.3.:string@xxxxxxxxxx > Directory[description1]: server1 > > Target[description2].1.3.4.6.4.9.:string@xxxxxxxxxx > Directory[description2]: server2 > > What I would like to do is replace the ip of each with the following > value of "Directory". So for example I would like > Target[description1].1.3.4.6.5.3.:string@xxxxxxxxxx to become > Target[description1].1.3.4.6.5.3.:string@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > How can I accomplish this using either C,perl,sed or awk If this is an ongoing issue, I'd check the documentation for the originating program and see if there's an option to do reverse lookup on the IP addresses. Failing that, I'd a perl script to detect the IP addresses, do the lookup, then substitute the domain name for the IP address. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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