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Add localhost's IP and MAC address to shell scripts

I use the following command to get the arp table. I now want to add the localhost's ip and MAC address to the output. How should I write the shell script?

arp | grep -v 'incomplete' | tail -n+2 | awk '{print $1"*"$4}'

So the results look like below(it adds iface and host ip to each line of arp table entry)

 eno16777736 192.168.140.133 192.168.140.254,00:50:56:ef:2d:57
 eno16777736 192.168.140.133 192.168.140.2,00:50:56:ea:cf:bf
Solution

  • On my system, I can do:

    arp | 
awk 'NR>1{mac[$NF]=mac[$NF]" "$3} END {for (iface in mac) print iface, mac[iface]}' | 
while read iface mac; do
    inet=$(
        ifconfig "$iface" |
        awk -v i=$iface '{for (j=1; j<NF; j++) if ($j == "inet") {print $(j+1); exit}}'
    )
    echo $iface $inet ${mac// /,}
done