Hi,
On Feb 16 2007 21:16, Sylvester Lykkehus wrote:
>> > Or the long version:
>> > /sbin/ifconfig [interface] | grep HWaddr | tail --bytes=20 | head
>> > --bytes=17
>>
>> That is what I wanted to avoid because it will totally break when the
>> locale
>> changes.
>>
> How could a locale change break a grep for HWaddr ?
> No really, could you give an example, I never did use another locale than EN.
> Even if it would, couldn't you export the environment variable first ?
21:39 ichi:~ > ifconfig lo
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:838 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:838 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:108107 (105.5 Kb) TX bytes:108107 (105.5 Kb)
21:39 ichi:~ > LC_MESSAGES=de_DE ifconfig lo
lo Protokoll:Lokale Schleife
inet Adresse:127.0.0.1 Maske:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:838 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:838 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
RX bytes:108107 (105.5 Kb) TX bytes:108107 (105.5 Kb)
As you can see:
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet Adresse:127.0.0.1 Maske:255.0.0.0
and whoops, things like /bin/cut -b or head/tail --bytes are not
accurate anymore.
Jan
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