#!/bin/bash Setting Variable To Mac Addess

[bsh]

I'm writing a shell script to automate changing my mac addresses. How can I set a variable to equal a mac?

for example

#!/bin/bash

#chg mac and bring up interfaces

ifconfig wlan0 down

ifconfig wlan1 down

macchanger -r wlan0

macchanger -r wlan1

ifconfig wlan0 up

ifconfig wlan1 up

#GW is new mac address for wlan0

GW=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

#SNIFF is new mac address for wlan1

SNIFF=yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy

Is there a command that will only return the mac or how do I parse the output of macchanger -s ?

[Infiltrator]

This example might give you some ideas, of how to set up variables in bash

https://community.elearnsecurity.com/index.php?/topic/563-bash-script-to-set-random-mac-and-hostname/

[bsh]

This example might give you some ideas, of how to set up variables in bash

https://community.elearnsecurity.com/index.php?/topic/563-bash-script-to-set-random-mac-and-hostname/

Thanks. That is interesting. He's using md5sum to generate random values; setting them to variables and stringing them together to make a random mac.

What could be more interesting, would be to use macchanger to make a valid random mac:

GW=`macchanger -A wlan0`; echo $GW

Current MAC: 00:60:bb:b6:40:11 (Cabletron - Netlink, Inc.)

Faked MAC: 00:dd:00:c7:00:ba (Ungermann-bass Inc.)

My problem is $GW has all that crap in it. I just need GW=00:dd:00:c7:00:ba

[bsh]

Solved.

GW=`macchanger -s wlan0 | cut -d' ' -f3`

export GW

In a nutshell, macchanger -s wlan0 will output the string:

Current MAC: 00:d0:d2:e7:9c:d1 (Epilog Corporation)

The cut command says using space as a delimiter: -d' '

cut out the 3rd field position for me -f3

00:d0:d2:e7:9c:d1