# ipnext: increment a dotted quad IP address set -u for i do INC=/bin/true n="$i" while $INC do # check that we have a dotted quad if expr match "X$n" 'X[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*$' >/dev/null then : else echo "\"$n\" isn't a dotted quad" >&2 exit 1 fi # break out fields of dotted quad q1=`expr match "X$n" 'X\([0-9][0-9]*\)\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*$'` q2=`expr match "X$n" 'X[0-9][0-9]*\.\([0-9][0-9]*\)\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*$'` q3=`expr match "X$n" 'X[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.\([0-9][0-9]*\)\.[0-9][0-9]*$'` q4=`expr match "X$n" 'X[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.\([0-9][0-9]*\)$'` # increment by 7.123.59.229 (arbitrary) q1=`expr $q1 + 7` q2=`expr $q2 + 123` q3=`expr $q3 + 59` q4=`expr $q4 + 229` # perform carry q1=`expr '(' $q1 + $q2 / 256 ')' % 256` q2=`expr '(' $q2 + $q3 / 256 ')' % 256` q3=`expr '(' $q3 + $q4 / 256 ')' % 256` q4=`expr $q4 % 256` # around again if unroutable address n="$q1.$q2.$q3.$q4" case "$n" in 10.*|192.168.*|172.16.[0-9].*|172.16.1[0-5].*|127.*) ;; *) INC=/bin/false esac done echo "$n" done