On 03 jul 2005, at 15:39, fbsd_user wrote: > What is the sh coding to strip the periods from a IP address?? > > > raw_ip='10.0.10.5' this is starting > num_ip='100105' and this is what I need to convert to. > > > Hi, many ways, here's one: printf '10.0.10.5' | sed 's/\.//g' Arno