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A reverse lookup on the IP address given on the command line



import sys, socket

try:
    result = socket.gethostbyaddr("66.249.71.15")
    print "Primary hostname:"
    print "  " + result[0]

    # Display the list of available addresses that is also returned
    print "nAddresses:"
    for item in result[2]:
        print "  " + item
except socket.herror, e:
    print "Couldn't look up name:", e