On a MAC (OSX) Using the command line (Terminal) often you want a quick way to determine the Active Network Interfaces along with the IP address.
Here is a quick ‘alias’ you can make to get the IP(s)
# scutil --nwi|awk 'BEGIN {s=0} $0 ~ /^IPv4/ {s=1;next} s==1 && $0 ~ /flags/ {intf=$1;next} s==1 && $1 ~ /address/ {ip=$NF; print intf,ip} $1 ~ /REACH/{exit}'Example Output
# scutil --nwi|awk 'BEGIN {s=0} $0 ~ /^IPv4/ {s=1;next} s==1 && $0 ~ /flags/ {intf=$1;next} s==1 && $1 ~ /address/ {ip=$NF; print intf,ip} $1 ~ /REACH/{exit}'
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Creating a small bash script in /usr/local/bin/ so you can reference it anytime.
#!/bin/bash
# scutil --nwi|awk 'BEGIN {s=0} $0 ~ /^IPv4/ {s=1;next} s==1 && $0 ~ /flags/ {intf=$1;next} s==1 && $1 ~ /address/ {ip=$NF; print intf,ip} $1 ~ /REACH/{exit}'
If you wish to only view the active interfaces on MAC OS you can do the following and create an alias for it
#ifconfig | pcregrep -M -o '^[^\t:]+(?=:([^\n]|\n\t)*status: active)'Example Output
# ifconfig | pcregrep -M -o '^[^\t:]+(?=:([^\n]|\n\t)*status: active)'
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