consolewitch · April 3, 2018 17:26 · consolewitch · Jan 24, 2018
diff --git a/get_eth_device_from_adapter_number.sh b/get_eth_device_from_adapter_number.sh
 #! /bin/bash

 ###
 # Written by Alex N. Speaks
 # Takes the position in which a NIC appears in the vmware console as an argument.
 # Returns the ethernet device name that corresponds to that position number.
 # Position numbers start at 0
 # You can think of this as the old-style ethX number

 NIC_INDEX=$1
 FOUND=1

 for dir in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/
 do
  if [ -f $dir/label ] && \
  [ $(cat ${dir}/label|tr -d '\n') == "Ethernet${NIC_INDEX}" ] && \
  [ -d $dir/net/ ]
  then 
    ls $dir/net/
    FOUND=0
  fi
 done
 exit ${FOUND}
	#! /bin/bash

	###
	# Written by Alex N. Speaks
	# Takes the position in which a NIC appears in the vmware console as an argument.
	# Returns the ethernet device name that corresponds to that position number.
	# Position numbers start at 0
	# You can think of this as the old-style ethX number

	NIC_INDEX=$1
	FOUND=1

	for dir in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/
	do
	if [ -f $dir/label ] && \
	[ $(cat ${dir}/label\|tr -d '\n') == "Ethernet${NIC_INDEX}" ] && \
	[ -d $dir/net/ ]
	then
	ls $dir/net/
	FOUND=0
	fi
	done
	exit ${FOUND}