Hi folks, I'm writing a shell script to validate the format of an IP address, and was wondering the best way to go about doing this.<BR>All help greatly appreciated.<BR>Regards Ned.

IP addresses are typically in the same format as a 32-bit number, shown as four decimal numbers each with a range of 0 to 255, separated by dots—each set of three numbers is called an octet. This ...

An Internet Protocol address is a number that identifies a device in a network, though the term is often used to refer to a device on the Internet itself. An IP address is vital for transferring data ...