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nbtlookup(8)

NAME

nbtlookup - Resolves a NetBIOS name to its corresponding TCP/IP address and displays the results

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/nbtlookup [-b] [-h] [-r] NetBIOS-name [term-char]

OPTIONS

-b Bypasses lookup of local names -h Displays hostname instead of TCP/IP address -r Displays how NetBIOS name was resolved

PARAMETERS

NetBIOS-name A 16 character ASCII name. If the NetBIOS name specified is not 16 characters, it will be padded with space characters. term-char Specifies a single character to be used as the sixteenth character in the NetBIOS name. You can specify non-printable characters in the NetBIOS name and in the termination character parameter by using the character sequence '\0xnn', where 'nn' is the hexadecimal representation of the character.

DESCRIPTION

Resolves a NetBIOS name to its corresponding TCP/IP address and displays the results.

EXAMPLES

1. To display the TCP/IP address for a NetBIOS name, enter the following command: # nbtlookup NetBIOS_name 2. For example, to display the TCP/IP address for a system with the NetBIOS name of server, enter: # nbtlookup server TCP/IP address information similar to the following is displayed: 16.123.456.789

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