ipv6calc(8) system administration ipv6calc(8)NAMEipv6calc - a small utility written in C to manipulate IPv6 addresses.
SYNTAXipv6calc [option] <input data>
DESCRIPTIONipv6calc is a small utility in C to manipulate IPv6 addresses.
This utility is used to extend features on network-functions-ipv6.
OPTIONS
General options :
[--debug | -d <debug value>] : debug value (bitwise like)
[ -q | --quiet ] : be more quiet
Usage with new style options :
[--in <input type>] : specify input type (default: autodetect)
We can see available input types to type "ipv6calc --in -?",
"ipv6calc --in -h" or "ipv6calc --in --help" .
Available input types :
auto : automatic detection
revnibbles.int : dot separated nibbles reverse, ending with ip6.int.
revnibbles.arpa : dot separated nibbles reverse, ending with ip6.arpa.
bitstring : bitstring labes, ending with ip6.arpa.
ipv6addr : IPv6 address
ipv4addr : IPv4 address
mac : MAC address (48 bits)
base85 : Base-85 string
ifinet6 : Like line in /proc/net/if_inet6
iid+token : Interface identifier and token
ipv6logconv : ipv6logconv (currently not supported)
prefix+mac : IPv6 prefix and a MAC address
For examples and available format options use:
--in <type> --examples
[--out <output type>] : specify output type (sometimes: autodetect)
We can see available output types to type "ipv6calc --out -?",
"ipv6calc --out -h" or "ipv6calc --out --help".
Available output types :
revnibbles.int : dot separated nibbles reverse, ending with ip6.int.
revnibbles.arpa : dot separated nibbles reverse, ending with ip6.arpa.
bitstring : bitstring labes, ending with ip6.arpa.
ipv6addr : IPv6 address
ipv4addr : IPv4 address
mac : MAC address (48 bits)
eui64 : EUI-64 identifier (64 bits)
base85 : Base-85 string
ifinet6 : Like line in /proc/net/if_inet6
iid : Interface identifier
iid+token : Interface identifier and token
addrtype : Address type
ouitype : OUI (IEEE) type
ipv6addrtype : IPv6 address type
any : any type (currently not supported)
revipv4 : reverse IPv4, ending with in-addr.arpa
For examples and available format options use:
--out <type> --examples
[--action <action>] : specify action (default: format conversion, some‐
times: autodetect)
We can see available action types to type "ipv6calc --action -?",
"ipv6calc --action -h" or "ipv6calc --action --help".
Available action types :
auto : Automatic selection of action (default)
geneui64 : Converts a MAC address to an EUI-64 address
conv6to4 : Converts IPv4 address <-> 6to4 IPv6 address (prefix)
genprivacyiid : Generates a privacy interface ID out of a given one and
a token
prefixmac2ipv6 : Generates an IPv6 address out of a prefix and a MAC
address
[<format option> ...] : specify format options
<input data> [...] : input data.
For example, "127.0.0.1", "::1".
Other usage :
--showinfo | -i [ --machine_readable | -m ] : show information about
input data
--showinfo | -i --show_types : show available types on '-m'
To see old-style option use : --printoldoptions
--printoldoptions :
--addr2ip6_int
--addr_to_ip6int
--addr2ip6_arpa
--addr_to_ip6arpa
--addr_to_bitstring
--addr2compaddr
--addr_to_compressed
--addr2uncompaddr
--addr_to_uncompressed
--addr_to_base85
--base85_to_addr
--mac_to_eui64
--addr2fulluncompaddr
--addr_to_fulluncompressed
--addr2if_inet6
--addr_to_ifinet6
--if_inet62addr
--ifinet6_to_compressed
--eui64_to_privacy
--ipv4_to_6to4addr
--version : print version.
EXAMPLES
To run this program the standard way type:
ipv6calc--showinfo -i -m ::1
ipv6calc--showinfo -m 127.0.0.1
ipv6calc--showinfo --show_types
ipv6calc--ipv4_to_6to4addr 127.0.0.1
ipv6calc--addr_to_uncompressed ::1
AUTHORS
Peter Bieringer <pb@bieringer.de>
Masamichi Goudge M.D. <;Matanuki@Goudg0.0.2> ipv6calc(8)
