In this Unix command tutorial, we will see How to find IP address of
any host in a UNIX based system e.g. Linux, Solaris or IBM AIX. In general
hostname and IP address are two important things about any host in a UNIX based
network. You always need either hostname
or IP address to connect to any host. Some time you want to find IP address of
localhost, some time IP address of another host on network etc. We have shown
some techniques to find
IP address from hostname in UNIX and here we will see is particular list of
UNIX commands to get IP address of localhost or host on which you are working along
with any other host for which we know hostname.