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ipv6calc(8) system administration ipv6calc(8)

ipv6calc - format, calculate, show information, filter IPv6/IPv4/MAC addresses

ipv6calc [OPTIONS] [<input data>]

This program formats and calculates IPv6/IPv4/MAC addresses and can do many more tricky things, e.g. includes a pipe filter capability.

If no data is presented as command-line arguments, data is read from standard input.

General options:

[-d|--debug DEBUGVALUE]
debug value (bitwise like) can also be set by IPV6CALC_DEBUG environment value
[-v|--version [-v [-v]]]
version information (2 optional detail levels)
[-v|--version -h]
explanation of feature tokens
[-V|--verbose]
be more verbose
[-h|--help|-?]
this online help

External database options (depending on compiled-in suppport):

[--db-ip2location-disable]
IP2Location support disabled
[--db-ip2location-dir DIRECTORY]
IP2Location database directory (default: /usr/share/IP2Location)
[--db-geoip-disable]
GeoIP support disabled
[--db-geoip-dir DIRECTORY]
GeoIP database directory (default: /usr/share/GeoIP)

Special options:

[-q|--quiet]
be more quiet (auto-enabled in pipe mode)
[-f|--flush]
flush each line in pipe mode

Usage with new style options:

[--in|-I INPUT-TYPE]
specify input type (default: autodetect)
[--out|-O OUTPUT-TYPE]
specify output type (sometimes: autodetect)
[--action|-A ACTION]
specify action (default: format conversion, sometimes: autodetect)
[<format option> ...]
specify format options
<input data> [...]
input data
Available input types:
[-m] -I|--in -?|-h|--help
Available output types:
[-m] -O|--out -?|-h|--help
Available action types:
[-m] -A|--action -?|-h|--help

Other usage:

--showinfo|-i [--machine_readable|-m]
show information about input data
--showinfo|-i --show_types
show available types on '-m'

Usage with shortcut options: <shortcut option> [<format option> ...] <input data>

For more information and available format options use: <shortcut option> -?|-h|--help

-r|--addr2ip6_int (-O revnibbles.int)

-r|--addr_to_ip6int (-O revnibbles.int)

-a|--addr2ip6_arpa (-O revnibbles.arpa)

-a|--addr_to_ip6arpa (-O revnibbles.arpa)

-b|--addr_to_bitstring (-O bitstring)

--addr2compaddr (--printcompressed)

--addr_to_compressed (--printcompressed)

--addr2uncompaddr (--printuncompressed)

--addr_to_uncompressed (--printuncompressed)

--addr_to_base85 (-I ipv6addr -O base85)

--base85_to_addr (-I base85 -O ipv6addr)

--mac_to_eui64 (-I mac -O eui64)

--addr2fulluncompaddr (--printfulluncompressed)

--addr_to_fulluncompressed (--printfulluncompressed)

--addr2if_inet6 (-I ipv6addr -O ifinet6)

--addr_to_ifinet6 (-I ipv6addr -O ifinet6)

--if_inet62addr (-I ifinet6 -O ipv6addr --printcompressed)

--ifinet6_to_compressed (-I ifinet6 -O ipv6addr --printcompressed)

--eui64_to_privacy (-I iid_token -O iid_token -A genprivacyiid)

--ipv4_to_6to4addr (-I ipv4 -O ipv6addr -A conv6to4)

See inline help or documentation for more.

Report bugs via GitHub: https://github.com/pbiering/ipv6calc/issues

Homepage: http://www.deepspace6.net/projects/ipv6calc.html

To run this program the standard way type:

ipv6calc --showinfo -i -m ::1

ipv6calc --showinfo -m 127.0.0.1

ipv6calc --showinfo --show_types

ipv6calc --ipv4_to_6to4addr 127.0.0.1

ipv6calc --addr_to_uncompressed ::1

Usage of filters in pipe mode:

cat <Apache-Logfile> | ipv6calc -E ipv6.db.cc=US,iid-random

GPLv2

Peter Bieringer <pb@bieringer.de>
2.0.0 Peter Bieringer <pb@bieringer.de>

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