Ops535 get device name
Sample script for locating the Network Device name that is connected to the Lab's network in TEL Buildinig.
#! /bin/bash # get all the NIC device name in the system dev_names=$(/sbin/ifconfig | grep HWaddr| awk '{print $1}') # set a loop to loop through each device name # my_dev= TARGET_IP=142.204.209 for d_name in ${dev_names} do echo "Checking device name $d_name ..." status=$(/sbin/ifconfig $d_name|grep ${TARGET_IP}) if [ ! -z "$status" ] then echo "$d_name contains the target IP $TARGET_IP" my_dev=$d_name fi done echo "The target NIC device name should be $my_dev"