added scripts to convert ipv4 into an integer and back, only python is required, supports both 2.7 and 3, does not use anything fance, like ipaddr or ipaddress

int-to-ip4.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""A very simple script to convert an integer into an IPv4 address.
+   Expects an integer as the only argument."""
+from sys import argv
+
+addr = list()
+num = int(argv[1])
+for e in range(3, -1, -1):
+    multiplier = 256 ** e
+    octet = num // multiplier
+    addr.append(str(octet))
+    num -= octet * multiplier
+
+print('.'.join(addr))

ip4-to-int.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""A very simple script to convert an IPv4 address into an integer.
+   Expects a single IPv4 address as the only argument."""
+from sys import argv
+
+addr = argv[1].split('.')
+num = 0
+for e in range(3, -1, -1):
+    num += int(addr[3-e]) * 256 ** e
+
+print(num)