replace int-to-ip4 and ip4-to-int with base256 single script that detects what we want from it automatically

base256.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/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
+
+def from_base256(number):
+    num = int(number)
+    addr = list()
+    for e in range(3, -1, -1):
+        multiplier = 256 ** e
+        octet = num // multiplier
+        addr.append(str(octet))
+        num = num % multiplier
+
+    return '.'.join(addr)
+
+def to_base256(addr):
+    addr = addr.split('.')
+    num = 0
+    for e in range(3, -1, -1):
+        num += int(addr[3-e]) * 256 ** e
+
+    return str(num)
+
+try:
+    result = from_base256(argv[1])
+except ValueError:
+    result = to_base256(argv[1])
+
+print(result)

int-to-ip4.py

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/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 = num % multiplier
-
-print('.'.join(addr))

ip4-to-int.py

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/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)