moin, moin,

needed to take a normal dotted quad netmask to classless for something and
thought others might like this little script as well.

I use it as a function, but am including it here as a standalong script.

Send bug reports and enhancements to the list or to PLUGd@LuftHans.com :).

#!/bin/bash

classed_2_classless()
{
  decimal='0'
  for i in `echo $1 | tr \. " "`
  do
    if [ $i != '0' ] ; then
      i=`expr $i + 1`
    fi
    decimal=`expr $decimal + $i`
  done
  # classless
  echo `expr $decimal / 32`
}

netmask=$1

classlessmask=`classed_2_classless $netmask`

echo $classlessmask

ciao,

der.hans
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