On Wednesday 16 August 2017 03:28:43 Clive Standbridge wrote: > oldIFS="$IFS"; IFS=': '; ip -o link | while read num interface other; > do declare -p interface; done; IFS="$oldIFS"
Now thats an interesting bit of bashism, and deeper into it than I have waded. But for this local network, I know what they are so I can't think of a situation that would make me use it. But it may well be useful in the future, so the message is marked to protect it from the expiry rules. Thank you Clive. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>