By using the -w swith on the "grep inet" one can eliminate the return of the v6 addr. e.g. # ifconfig eth1|grep -w inet |cut -d ":" -f2|cut -d " " -f1 192.168.1.100 # x=$(ifconfig eth1|grep -w inet |cut -d ":" -f2|cut -d " " -f1) # echo $x 192.168.1.100 # --- Bill Gradwohl <bill@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Matt Morgan wrote: > > >This would help me out too, so I tried this. I get 127.0.0.1 :-). How > >can I fix that so that command gives me the address I actually want? > >man hostname doesn't help me. Thanks. > > > > > > > That's simply listing the contents of /etc/hosts in a stripped down IP > only form. Normally that file doesn't contain the "real" IP address of > the box. > > -- > Bill Gradwohl > bill@xxxxxxx > http://www.ycc.com > spamSTOMPER Protected email > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ===== Joseph VLcek Joseph (UNDERSCORE) VLcek (AT) Yahoo (DOT) com
