[ale] Network Vendor String

[Christopher Fowler]

Pass #1:

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#!/usr/bin/perl
die "$0 <interface>\n" unless $ARGV[0];
my $ifconfig = `/sbin/ifconfig $ARGV[0] | head -n1`;
$ifconfig =~ m/HWaddr\s(.+?)$/;
my $mac = $1;
$mac =~ m/^(..):(..):(..)/;
my $vendor = "$1:$2:$3";
print "Vendor: $vendor\n";
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On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 08:46 -0700, ale at jeffx.com wrote:
> Say I am writing a little script to obtain hardware inventory on my linux
> system.  I want the vendor string of the network card(s).  I know there
> has to be a way to get it because the installer reads the information as
> does network-configuration tools.
> 
> I have looked around in /proc with no success.  Is there a way to get that
> information?
> 
> Regards,
> Jeff
> 
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