1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/validators/ipv4-range b/src/validators/ipv4-range
index cc59039f1..6492bfc52 100755
--- a/src/validators/ipv4-range
+++ b/src/validators/ipv4-range
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ ip2dec () {
     printf '%d\n' "$((a * 256 ** 3 + b * 256 ** 2 + c * 256 + d))"
 }
 
+error_exit() {
+  echo "Error: $1 is not a valid IPv4 address range"
+  exit 1
+}
+
 # Only run this if there is a hypen present in $1
 if [[ "$1" =~ "-" ]]; then
   # This only works with real bash (<<<) - split IP addresses into array with
@@ -15,21 +20,21 @@ if [[ "$1" =~ "-" ]]; then
 
   ipaddrcheck --is-ipv4-single ${strarr[0]}
   if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-    exit 1
+    error_exit $1
   fi
 
   ipaddrcheck --is-ipv4-single ${strarr[1]}
   if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-    exit 1
+    error_exit $1
   fi
 
   start=$(ip2dec ${strarr[0]})
   stop=$(ip2dec ${strarr[1]})
   if [ $start -ge $stop ]; then
-    exit 1
+    error_exit $1
   fi
 
   exit 0
 fi
 
-exit 1
+error_exit $1