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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Need bash script to use a sed command as a variable Post 303038026 by edlentz on Wednesday 21st of August 2019 03:21:17 PM
Old 08-21-2019
Need bash script to use a sed command as a variable

I need to be able to use a sed command as a variable in a bash script. I have the sed command that almost works the way I want it. the command is

sed -n '/inet/,/}/p' config.boot

This gets me this result:
Code:
inet 192.168.1.245
        }

I need to get the IP address into a variable so I can use it. How do I use sed to strip off the inet and the }.

How does the command need to be changed to get this to work?

Thanks

Last edited by Peasant; 08-21-2019 at 11:20 PM.. Reason: Code tags. Use them please.
 

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ESSIDSCAN(8)							     Commands							      ESSIDSCAN(8)

NAME
essidscan - scan for ESSID corresponding to available WLAN access points SYNOPSIS
In /etc/network/interfaces: mapping <interface> script essidscan DESCRIPTION
The essidscan utility is used to tell the ifup and ifdown utilities about the current SSID of the WLAN currently being accessed. It can be used to map the SSID name to an iface stanza. CONFIGURATION
A sample /etc/network/interfaces may look like this: mapping hotplug script /etc/network/essidscan map SSIDONE wlan-work map SSIDTWO wlan-work map HOME iface wlan-work inet dhcp wireless-key 1234-5678-9ABC-DEF0-1234-5678-9A wireless-keymode restricted iface HOME inet static address 192.168.2.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.2.1 wireless-essid HOME wireless-key s:somepassword wireless-keymode open iface DEFAULT inet dhcp FILES
/etc/network/interfaces the interfaces definition file /etc/network/run/ifstate a record of the current state of the interfaces, managed by ifup and ifdown SEE ALSO
interfaces(5) ifscheme(8) ifup(8) ifdown(8) AUTHORS
Tor Slettnes <tor@slett.net> ESSIDSCAN(8)
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