Jerry Geis wrote: > > Hi - I am not an expert at shell script writing. > If /proc/cmdline looks like > > option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3 > option 4 ... > > How can I get the 192.168.1.8 out of this cmdline. Try: # IPADDR=`cat /proc/cmdline | sed 's/.*\/\([1-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\)\/.*/\1/'` This will find an IP in between /.../ -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3971 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080307/7bb0cf50/attachment-0004.bin>