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No, you need a little script filtering. It's not hard though. My version of host requires the following:<br />
<br />
#!/bin/bash<br />
<br />
echo -n $1<br />
echo -n &quot;&nbsp;&quot;<br />
host $1 | awk 'END {print $4}'<br />
<br />
<br />
Save the above in your path somewhere, chmod to make it executable, and then<br />
<br />
&lt;name of script&gt; &lt;hostname&gt;<br />
<br />
If it doesn't work, post the output of your host command here so I can modify the script.<br />
<br />
Vijay<br />

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No, you need a little script filtering. It's not hard though. My version of host requires the following:

#!/bin/bash

echo -n $1
echo -n " "
host $1 | awk 'END {print $4}'


Save the above in your path somewhere, chmod to make it executable, and then

<name of script> <hostname>

If it doesn't work, post the output of your host command here so I can modify the script.

Vijay


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=( that's what I was trying to post... =/ ... bad look today.<br />
<br />
I use:<br />
#!/bin/sh<br />
# script.sh - usage: &quot;script.sh &lt;name&gt;&quot;<br />
IPADDR = `host $1 | awk ' {print $2}'`<br />
echo $1 $IPADDR<br />
<br />
gets the same result.<br />
<br />
=)<br />
-garisoain
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=( that's what I was trying to post... =/ ... bad look today.

I use:
#!/bin/sh
# script.sh - usage: "script.sh <name>"
IPADDR = `host $1 | awk ' {print $2}'`
echo $1 $IPADDR

gets the same result.

=)
-garisoain

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Your help is very much appreciated !!!
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Slightly odd one this ......<br />
<br />
iIs it possible to configure DNS resolution to return a non-fully qualified host-name????<br />
<br />
For example if I enter the following ....<br />
<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;host &lt;name&gt;<br />
<br />
on a unix box, I currently get ...<br />
<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;name&gt;.&lt;domain&gt; a.b.c.d<br />
<br />
This is fine but I need to just get .....<br />
<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;name&gt; &nbsp;a.b.c.d &nbsp; (no domain)<br />
<br />
Is it possible to achieve this by DNS configuration or do I need to setup some script filtering etc ?????<br />
<br />
Many thanks for any help !!!<br />

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Slightly odd one this ......

iIs it possible to configure DNS resolution to return a non-fully qualified host-name????

For example if I enter the following ....

         host <name>

on a unix box, I currently get ...

         <name>.<domain> a.b.c.d

This is fine but I need to just get .....

         <name>  a.b.c.d   (no domain)

Is it possible to achieve this by DNS configuration or do I need to setup some script filtering etc ?????

Many thanks for any help !!!


DNS host-name resolution

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.