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February 25, 2013 15:17
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retrieves the name of the first ethernet interface
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| ifconfig -a | grep -i "link[ ]*encap[ ]*:[ ]*ethernet" | awk 'BEGIN{ iface="z" } | |
| { if( $1 ~ /^eth/ && iface > $1 ) iface=$1 } | |
| END{ print iface }' |
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