On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Patrick Nelson wrote: > For some reason I just cant get this... > > me@mehost>setap -l | grep ESSID: # lists the following > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"MECOOLAP01" Nickname:"mehost" > me@mehost> > > I'm trying to figure out how to pull the MECOOLAP01 from the line. Any > suggestions?
setap -l | perl -ne 'if(/ESSID:"(.*?)"/) {print("$1\n");}' or setap -l | awk '{print(substr($4,8,length($4)-8))}' ------------------------------------------------------------------- DDDD David Kramer http://thekramers.net DK KD DKK D "God grant me a good sword and no use for it." DK KD DDDD - Polish Proverb _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list