What regular expression can I use to match an IP address?
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With the following grep
syntax I want to match all IP address in a file (from a ksh
script)
grep '[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}' file
The problem: It also matches words (IP) that have more then 4 octets:
1.1.1.1.1
or
192.1.1.1.160
How can I match a valid IP and only IP addresses with 4 octets? I can also use Perl – a one line syntax solution, if grep
doesn't work.
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