Get your MAC address with the command AWK under Ubuntu
April 2018
Get your MAC address with the command AWK under Ubuntu
With this command line you can easily retrieve the address MAC of your NIC.
$ Ifconfig | awk '/ ^ eth0 / {print $ 5}'
A definition is needed on the term MAC address: this is a physical address of a network interface specified by the manufacturer which can uniquely identify a machine on a LAN.
The MAC address is a unique physical ID cards for all networks worldwide. It is registered permanently in ROM at the Factory.
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