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[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Tom Brown wrote:

> thanks for the pointers all - this was being tested on a box that
> has more than 1 NIC hence the reason for the cut.
>
> I need to get the third octect of the NIC address and depending on
> what that is a different automounter file is installed and if no
> network is recognised then a default is downloaded. I hope that
> clears up what i am trying to do and i will look at the options.

$ IP="1234.2345.3456.4578"
$ echo $IP | cut -d. -f3
3456

  by the way, i don't think it solves any of your exact problems, but

$ man ipcalc

rday
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