foreach $host (@ARGV) { ($name, $aliases, $addrtype, $length, @addrs) = gethostbyname($host); #gethostbyname IS A PERL function? print "$host:\n"; foreach $a (@addrs) { $i = join(".", unpack("C4", $a)); if( ! $i ) { print ">>>>>>$i<<<<<<\n"; print "NOT FOUND\n"; } else { print "$i\n"; } } }