Re: NMap grepable output always supresses hostnames when run with "-n"

[João Jerónimo <j_j_b_o_devel () yahoo com>]

Hello again,

I understand you argument, but shouldn't the hostname be always 
available in the output when it is entered in the command line?

João Jerónimo



Às 17:30 de 25-08-2016, Daniel Miller escreveu:
> João,
>
> Thanks for this patch. I appreciate the time and effort you've spent 
> to help us improve Nmap.
>
> Unfortunately, the Grepable output format is deprecated, which means 
> we won't be changing it. Using NameIP() for this would result in 
> unpredictable output: sometimes the IP address would be present 
> without (parentheses), other times it would be the target hostname 
> with the IP in parentheses, and still other times it would be the 
> discovered hostname and IP. The current format always has the IP 
> address as the second "word," always has parentheses, and always uses 
> the discovered (DNS PTR) hostname in those parentheses if it is 
> available. If you want more output (such as the targetname, additional 
> hostnames, etc.) then you must use the XML output, which contains all 
> of this information.
>
> Thanks again. I look forward to seeing any other improvements or bug 
> reports you may submit.
>
> Dan
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:10 AM, João Jerónimo 
> <j_j_b_o_devel () yahoo com <mailto:j_j_b_o_devel () yahoo com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I noticed that NMap grepable output always supresses hostnames
>     when run with "-n", even if the hosts were inserted as hostnames
>     in the command line.
>
>     This patch fixes this by always using currenths->NameIP() method
>     to print the hostnames and IPs.
>
>     I'm not sure if this is the best way to fix the bug.
>
>     Best regards,
>     João Jerónimo
>
>
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