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>