Actually the line I'm using ends with .. | sed -e '1{s/^\([[:alnum:]-]\+\).*$/\1/;q}')
(must have got truncated when I wrote that comment and I didn't notice). I think this will ensure that you always get only one device name, which yours doesn't. -- vpnc: do_ifconfig() in /etc/vpnc/vpnc-script misparses output of "ip route" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382168 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs