ip is probably a better tool (than ifconfig) ip link show eth0 | tr -s " " | cut -d" " -f3 Max Hetrick wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Toby Bluhm wrote: > >> There's multiple spaces in the output that cut is hitting - use tr to >> reduce them. >> >> ifconfig | grep eth0 | tr -s ' ' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 5 > > Or: > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 11 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHxr2hIXSX/6LmsXkRAuZcAJ9Yzxx2vuPhj8JEa1NIjrtXbpmEQQCfangU > eD8VSzg6fUrEN/jgPULWdEE= > =+Bez > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Milton Calnek BSc, A/Slt(Ret.) milton at calnek.com 306-717-8737 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.