Re: [ALUG] Getting MAC address in a shell script

On 19 Jun 22:16, Adam Bower wrote:

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:27:59AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:

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This works: mac=$(ifconfig eth0 | grep -Eo '..:..:..:..:..:..' | sed -e 's/://g')

.. but I'm sure there's a better way. Suggestions?

cat /sys/class/net/eth0/address

Surely, you mean... mac=$(</sys/class/net/eth0/address) That does rely on the sys filesystem though... -- Brett Parker