fi
host=$1
-ip="`echo $HOSTNAMEIPV4 | sed -n -e "s/^.*${host},//gp" | awk -F, '{ print $1 }' | awk '{ print $1 }'`"
-if [ -z $ip ]
+echo "$host" | grep -q "^\([0-9]\+\.\|[0-9a-fA-F]\+:\).*"
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
- echo "Host '$host' unknown"
- exit 1
+ # assume we got an ip address
+ ip=$host
+else
+ ip="`echo $HOSTNAMEIPV4 | sed -n -e "s/^.*${host},//gp" | awk -F, '{ print $1 }' | awk '{ print $1 }'`"
+ if [ -z $ip ]
+ then
+ echo "Host '$host' unknown"
+ exit 1
+ fi
fi
shift