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Powershell Resolve list of IP to host name

Hi,

I have a list of IP addresses (around 400 IP addresses) that I need to find the host name.
The script I have right now is

Get-Content C:\IP_Address.txt | ForEach-Object {([system.net.dns]::GetHostByAddress($_)).hostname >> c:\hostname.txt}

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But this is not getting the results of what I want. That code will only output the host name if the IP address is valid. Some IP addresses are not valid. This gives me a hard time trying to find out what is what.

Is there a way to have powershell resolve ip to host name and find out which user last used that workstation? Is it possible to out put it in this format?

Client Address Host Name User
10.10.10.10 Computer 1 ssmith
10.10.10.11 Cannot resolve hostname bjohn

Here is what I was able to find
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27741224/powershell-script-to-get-IPs-of-a-list-of-computer-hostnames.html

I'm trying to do the opposite of that.

Thanks!

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zalazar

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xouvang

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Thank you that code is similar to the one I was working and modified

get-content C:\ip.txt | foreach-object{
$a=([system.net.Dns]::GetHostByAddress($_)).hostname
if($? -eq $False) {add-content -path C:\IP.csv -value "$_,Cannot resolve hostname"}
elseif($? -eq $True){add-content -path C:\IP.csv -value "$_,$a"}
}

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I guess I'll go ahead and make another script to get last logged users.
Thanks!

zalazar

You're welcome. Thanks too and good luck.