geoip-lookup(1) - Linux man page

Name

geoip-lookup - lookup country for IP address or hostname

Synopsis

geoip-lookup [-l] <ipaddress|hostname>

Description

The geoip-lookup program will return the country for the IP address or hostname given as the first command line argument. It queries the GeoIP Country database in "/usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat".

By default it prints the ISO 3166 country code. Use the "-l" option to print the country name.

Example

Lookup up country for IP address 24.24.24.24

# geoip-lookup 24.24.24.24
United States

Author

T.J. Mather <tjmather@maxmind.com>