diff --git a/.functions.sh b/.functions.sh
index 5b9b1e6..afab2dc 100644
--- a/.functions.sh
+++ b/.functions.sh
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ function copy_k8s_token(){
 	grep "id-token" ~/.kube/config  | awk '{print $2}' | xclip -sel clip
 }
 
+function ip_to_hex(){
+    IFS=. read oct1 oct2 oct3 oct4 <<< "$1"
+    printf '0x%02x%02x%02x%02x\n' $oct1 $oct2 $oct3 $oct4
+}