Hello, On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, David C. Rankin wrote:
ifacestatus=( $(ifconfig) )
export LANG=de_DE ifacestatus=( $(ifconfig) ) => Kaboom! for the following. Yes, it's understandable for you not to think of that ;) Weirdly enough, I can't get my ifconfig to output the german version, but I've seen it often enough. So: use ifacestatus=( $(LC_ALL=C ifconfig) ) to reliably get the english version of the output. Ah, here's a sample how the german version of ifconfig-output looks like [from http://www.fibel.org/linux/lfo-0.6.0/node476.html ] eth0 Protokoll:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:E0:18:1B:21:55 inet Adresse:10.0.1.3 Bcast:10.0.1.255 Maske:255.255.255.0 inet6 Adresse: fe80::2e0:18ff:fe1b:2155/10 G-Aültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung-b UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenl-Aänge:100-b RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:288 (288.0 b) Interrupt:9 Basisadresse:0x7c00 Ain't that nice? ;) Now add in what Wong might use (Chinese? Encoded as what?) Much fun ensues. NOT! For the rest of the script, much of my other mail seems to apply. -dnh -- If I wanted to point and drool, I'd go to a Chippendales show. -- Leigh Metcalf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org