Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 21:30:22 -0800 From: Michael Collette <metrol@metrol.net> To: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: identifying my network address Message-ID: <200303092130.22748.metrol@metrol.net>
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David Banning wrote: > I am running an Xwindow on a windows box. I need a script to > tell me what my network address is so that I can set my DISPLAY > varible correctly eg: 192.168.1.2:0.0 > > Any idea what command would be useful for this purpose? It's ugly. It won't work if you multiple NICs. It may just work for what you need just the same. echo `ifconfig | grep broadcast | cut -d" " -f2`":0.0" This takes the output of ifconfig and parses it just a wee bit with grep and cut. I use something very similar to this in a script that changes my network settings for my laptop on the fly. Let me know if this works for ya. Later on, -- "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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