On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:59:04PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > onet=`ifconfig xl0 | grep "inet " | awk '{print $6}'` > I'm not sure about this. Isn't the sixth word the broadcast address > (ending with .255)?
It's correct. I've been using this in my firewall file since FBSD 4.something. No problems. By default, awk uses spaces as column delimiters. The line containing "inet " starts with eight spaces. Try it and see what happens. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"