GEOIPLOOKUP6(1)

💖 GEOIPLOOKUP6 — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the manual page for GEOIPLOOKUP6(1), from the General Commands Manual, and it's literally just "hey, where is this IP from?" and honestly? iconic. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

geouplookup6 — look up country using IP Address or hostname 🌍

(spelling tea: the page itself writes it as geouplookup6 up in here, but the examples below say geoiplookup6. I'm just the messenger, I don't make the rules 💅)

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🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

geouplookup6 [-d directory] [-f filename] [-v] <ipaddress|hostname>

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one command, one address, one country. periodt.

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so basically geouplookup6 uses the GeoIP library and database to find the Country that an IP address or hostname originates from. it's giving "who are you and where do you come from" but for computers. 🦋

real talk though: you must install a database suitable for geoiplookup6 before any of this works. like, the whole thing is nothing without it. IE: GeoIPv6.dat

For example:

geouplookup6 2001:4860:0:1001::68

geoiplookup6 ipv6.google.com

will find the Country that 2001:4860:0:1001::68 originates from, in the following format:

US, United States

like?? that's it?? that's the output?? so clean, so simple, we love a minimal queen ✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -f — Specify a custom path to a single GeoIP datafile. one file, your file, your rules 💖
• -d — Specify a custom directory containing GeoIP datafile(s). By default geouplookup6 looks in /usr/share/GeoIP 📂
• -v — Lists the date and build number for the GeoIP datafile(s). detective mode activated, let's see when this data was born 🔍

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by T.J. Mather — shoutout to the legend, fr fr 🫡

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🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found a bug? don't suffer in silence bestie, Report bugs to <support@maxmind.com> 💌

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (C) 2008 MaxMind LLC

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

NO WARRANTY. not even a little one. not even for MERCHANTABILITY. not even for FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. read it and weep (respectfully) 😭

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• geoipupdate(1)
• nslookup(1)

go read those too, iykyk 🌸

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okay that's the whole page, and the lil sign-off at the bottom is the 4th Berkeley Distribution, dated 28 Oct 2008, filed under GEOIPLOOKUP6(1) — vintage, nostalgic, still slaying after all these years 👑💅💖