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Subject: Re: Retrieving interface MAC address
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[redirected from -hackers, this is a general technical question]

"Kevin D. Wooten" wrote:
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> How can I go about retrieving the MAC address for an interface? Since
> SIOCGHWADDR doesn't seem to be implemented. Can anyone help??

ifconfig [interface] | grep ether | awk '{print $2}'

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