Get IP´s To get the adapters wit IPs use this: Shell /sbin/ifconfig | awk '/^[a-z]/{printf "%s ",$1} /inet A/ {gsub("Adresse:","",$2); print $2}' 1 /sbin/ifconfig | awk '/^[a-z]/{printf "%s ",$1} /inet A/ {gsub("Adresse:","",$2); print $2}' Result: eth0 192.168.1.2 lo 127.0.0.1 vmnet1 172.16.41.1 vmnet8 172.16.115.1 1234 eth0 192.168.1.2lo 127.0.0.1vmnet1 172.16.41.1vmnet8 172.16.115.1