FUNCTION::FORMAT_IPA(3stap)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, gather round, because this one is literally the glow-up your IP addresses have been waiting for 🦋

function::format_ipaddr — it hands you back a string representation of an IP address. that's it. that's the whole job. and it eats. 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

format_ipaddr:string(addr:long,family:long)

like… look at that signature. two longs walk in, a string walks out. main character energy fr fr 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• addr — the IP address itself, bestie. the actual digits. the whole point. this is the address you want prettied up into a string. 📍
• family — the IP address family, and no you cannot freestyle this one: it's either AF_INET or AF_INET6. v4 coded or v6 coded, pick your fighter. 💜

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• tapset::ip(3stap) — the whole IP tapset, go be nosy, it's giving encyclopedia in the best way 🔥

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okay that's the entire page and honestly? iconic. short, sweet, does exactly one thing and does it flawlessly, no notes. 💖

this lil love letter lives in the Networking Tapset section of the SystemTap Tapset Reference, and the date stamp on it says September 2026 — so yeah, technically it's from the future, we don't question it, we just say thank you 🎀✨

mwah, go format some addresses bestie, ily 🫶💅