There seems to be also other lines (!) with EOL whitespace $ ifconfig | cat -A
!eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:f3:84:26:c0 $ inet addr:192.168.1.7 Bcast:192.168.1.15 Mask:255.255.255.240$ inet6 addr: fe80::218:f3ff:fe84:26c0/64 Scope:Link$ UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1$ RX packets:3449590 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0$ TX packets:3206431 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0$ ! collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 $ RX bytes:1631395590 (1.5 GiB) TX bytes:10073354069 (9.3 GiB)$ Interrupt:253 Base address:0xa000 $ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]