Hi. On Mon, 01 May 2023 00:22:38 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > nmcli device show br0 > /dev/nul Beware: /dev/null, not /dev/nul > if [ $? = 0 ]; then > InternalNic=br0 > else > InternalNic=eno1 > fi > internal_addr=$(nmcli device show $InternalNic | grep -i > 'IP4.ADDRESS\[1\]' | grep 1 | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/\/.*//') That could be simplified as follows: (not using $?, using awk instead of grep & sed) if nmcli device show br0 > /dev/null; then InternalNic=br0 else InternalNic=eno1 fi internal_addr=$( nmcli device show $InternalNic \ | awk -F'[ /]+' '$1 == "IP4.ADDRESS[1]:" { print $2 }' ) or even simpler by using nmcli --get-values and assuming you have only one IP address on this interface: internal_addr=$(nmcli --get-values IP4.ADDRESS device show $InternalNic) internal_addr=${internal_addr%/*} -- francis _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue