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Old 03-18-2009
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There are many ways of doing what you want. Here is an example of one way
Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/bash

ifconfig eth0 > ifconfig.out
hwaddr=$(grep "HWaddr" ifconfig.out | cut -d " " -f 5)

if [ $hwaddr = "00:0B:CD:85:A5:8A" ]
then
    echo "match"
fi