Bash - Validate IP Addresses

function validateIP() { local ip=$1 local stat=1 if [[ $ip =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]; then OIFS=$IFS IFS='.' ip=($ip) IFS=$OIFS [[ ${ip[0]} -le 255 && ${ip[1]} -le 255 \ && ${ip[2]} -le 255 && ${ip[3]} -le 255 ]] stat=$? fi return $stat } # --------------------------------------------- # TEST # --------------------------------------------- echo "Enter IP Address" read ip validateIP $ip if [[ $? -ne 0 ]];then echo "Invalid IP Address ($ip)" else echo "$ip is a Perfect IP Address" fi