Linux bash script to extract IP address

Question

I want to make big script on my Debian 7.3 ( something like translated and much more new user friendly enviroment ). I have a problem. I want to use only some of the informa

Answer 1

Take your pick:

$ cat file
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:a3:e3:b0
          inet addr:192.168.1.103  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fea3:e3b0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1904 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2002 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1309425 (1.2 MiB)  T

$ awk 'sub(/inet addr:/,""){print $1}' file
192.168.1.103

$ awk -F'[ :]+' '/inet addr/{print $4}' file
192.168.1.103