Check for IP validity

Question

How do I check the validity of an IP address in a shell script, that is within the range 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255?

Answer 1

The script Validating an IP Address in a Bash Script by Mitch Frazier does what you want to do:

function valid_ip()
{
local  ip=$1
local  stat=1

if [[ $ip =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]; then
    OIFS=$IFS
    IFS='.'
    ip=($ip)
    IFS=$OIFS
    [[ ${ip[0]} -le 255 && ${ip[1]} -le 255 \
        && ${ip[2]} -le 255 && ${ip[3]} -le 255 ]]
    stat=$?
fi
return $stat
}