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

#!/bin/bash
read -p " ip: " req_ipadr
#
ip_full=$(echo $req_ipadr | sed -n 's/^\(\(\([1-9][0-9]\?\|[1][0-9]\{0,2\}\|[2][0-4][0-9]\|[2][5][0-4]\)\.\)\{3\}\([1-9][0-9]\?\|[1][0-9]\{0,2\}\|[2][0-4][0-9]\|[2][5][0-4]\)\)$/\1/p')
#
[ "$ip_full" != "" ] && echo "$req_ipadr vaild ip" || echo "$req_ipadr invaild ip"