From: Steve S. <ste...@ho...> - 2002-10-15 23:19:42
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Ulf...@t-... wrote: >MAC=$(echo $IPADDR | awk -F. '{ printf >"fe:fd:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",$1,$2,$3,$4 }') > >...not pure bash but awk should be widely available... jd...@ka... wrote: > echo -n "Please enter UML IP address to use and press return: " > read IPADDR > X=`echo $IPADDR | awk -F. '{print $1, $2, $3, $4}'` > # or X=`echo $IPADDR | sed 's/\./ /g'` > MAC= `printf "fe:fd:%x:%x:%x:%x" $X > exec ./bin/linux mem=64M IP=${IPADDR} eth0=mcast,${MAC} > > > If you can tell me how to get (ba)sh to output hex digits, because I > > honestly don't know, I will shut up. :) *sigh* yup. If I was grasping at straws, I'd call a technicality that if bash script had been chrooted then you'd have to populate the bin dir with extra binaries. I conceed the solutions are not outlandish. I'll shut up. Steve Schmidtke _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp |