How do i get the default gateway in LINUX given the destination?

Question

I\'m trying to get the default gateway, using the destination 0.0.0.0

I used this command: netstat -rn | grep 0.0.0.0

And it return

Answer 1

#!/bin/bash

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# Alex Lucard
# June 13 2013
#
# Get the gateway IP address from the router and store it in the variable $gatewayIP
# Get the Router mac address and store it in the variable gatewayRouter
# Store your routers mac address in the variable homeRouterMacAddress
#

# If you need the gateway IP uncomment the next line to get the gateway address and store it in the variable gateWayIP
# gatewayIP=`sudo route -n | awk '/^0.0.0.0/ {print $2}'` 

homeRouterMacAddress="20:aa:4b:8d:cb:7e" # Store my home routers mac address in homeRouterMac.
gatewayRouter=`/usr/sbin/arp -a`

# This if statement will search your gateway router for the mac address you have in the variable homeRouterMacAddress
if `echo ${gatewayRouter} | grep "${homeRouterMacAddress}" 1>/dev/null 2>&1`
then
  echo "You are home"
else
  echo "You are away"
fi