"Booter" <colo.av...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hello all,
I am new to python ans was wondering if there was a way to get the mac
address from the local NIC?
Thanks for your help.
Gerad
This is what I use -
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def get_mac_address():
if sys.platform == 'win32':
for line in os.popen("ipconfig /all"):
if line.lstrip().startswith('Physical Address'):
mac = line.split(':')[1].strip().replace('-',':')
break
else:
# mac = os.popen("/sbin/ifconfig|grep Ether|awk {'print
$5'}").read()[:-1]
for line in os.popen("/sbin/ifconfig"):
if 'Ether' in line:
mac = line.split()[4]
break
return mac
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I only target windows and linux. I don't know if it works for all platforms.
I wrote this a long time ago. I think it would now be preferable to use
subprocess() instead of os.popen().
Note the commented-out line in the linux block. This is an alternative
method I cribbed from somewhere. Not as readable, but probably faster.
HTH
Frank Millman
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