---
name: "prips"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "prips"
version: "1.2.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/prips"
---

# prips(1)

print the IP addresses in a given range

## NAME

**prips** – print the IP addresses in a given range

## SYNOPSIS

**prips** \[**-c**\] \[**-d** *delim*\] \[**-e** *exclude*\] \[**-f** *format*\] \[**-i** *incr*\] *start* *end*

**prips** \[**-c**\] \[**-d** *delim*\] \[**-e** *exclude*\] \[**-f** *format*\] \[**-i** *incr*\] *CIDR-block*

**prips** **-h**

## DESCRIPTION

The **prips** tool can be used to print all of the IP addresses in a given range. It can enhance tools that only work on one host at a time, e.g. [whois(1)](/whois/1.md).

The **prips** tool accepts the following command-line options:

- **-c**

  Print the range in CIDR notation.

- **-d** *delim*

  Set the delimiter to the character with ASCII code *delim* where 0 \<= *delim* \<= 255.

- **-e** *\<x.x.x,x.x\>*

  Exclude ranges from the output.

- **-f** *format*

  Set the format of addresses (hex, dec, or dot).

- **-h**

  Show summary of options.

- **-i** *incr*

  Set the increment to 'x'.

## ENVIRONMENT

The **prips** tool's operation is not influenced by any environment variables.

## FILES

The **prips** tool's operation is not influenced by any files.

## EXAMPLES

Display all the addresses in a reserved subnet:

```
prips 192.168.32.0 192.168.32.255
```

The same, using CIDR notation:

```
prips 192.168.32.0/24
```

Display only the usable addresses in a class A reserved subnet using a space instead of a newline for a delimiter:

```
prips -d 32 10.0.0.1 10.255.255.255
```

Display every fourth address in a weird block:

```
prips -i 4 192.168.32.7 192.168.33.5
```

Determine the smallest CIDR block containing two addresses:

```
prips -c 192.168.32.5 192.168.32.11
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

The **prips** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[ipsc(1)](/ipsc/1.md), [gipsc(1)](/gipsc/1.md)

## STANDARDS

No standards were harmed in the writing of the **prips** tool.

## HISTORY

The **prips** tool was originally written by Daniel Kelly and later adopted by Peter Pentchev. This manual page was originally written by Juan Alvarez for the Debian GNU/Linux system and later added to the **prips** distribution and converted to mdoc format by Peter Pentchev.

## AUTHORS

Daniel Kelly ⟨dan@vertekcorp.com⟩ Juan Alvarez ⟨jalvarez@fluidsignal.com⟩ Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩

## BUGS

Please report any bugs in the **prips** tool to its current maintainer, Peter Pentchev.