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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