I will reference in the future. Good point. Sometimes too much information just muddies the water and I try to ask clear questions as much as possible. If I throw too much at someone they may run and hide.

As for the code eth0 has no IPv4 information in it, but does have IPv6, so that is why the data returns empty. Here is the output of ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:B9:EB:80:91
          inet6 addr: fe80::219:b9ff:xxxx:8091/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:169 Memory:f4000000-f4011100

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:19:xx:xx:80:xx
          inet addr:xx.xx.xx.xx  Bcast:xx.xx.xx.xx  Mask:xx.xx.xx.xx
          inet6 addr: 3xxx:80c0:22c:225:219:b9ff:xxxx:80xx/64 Scope:Gl
+obal
          inet6 addr: fexx::219:b9ff:feeb:80xx/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4173511549 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4181891776 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:
+0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:696505594365 (648.6 GiB)  TX bytes:630337964502 (58
+7.0 GiB)
          Interrupt:169 Memory:f8000000-f8011100

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:xx.xx.xx.xx  Mask:xx.xx.xx.xx
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4698160 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4698160 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:611857168 (583.5 MiB)  TX bytes:611857168 (583.5 Mi
+B)

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I need this thing to not care about who has what. Not be dependant on IPv4 being satisifed. If IPv4 info is there print it. if IPv6 info is there print that too. Frustrated trying to figure that out.

yesterday I mistakenly said What is garanteed is v4 data. What is not garanteed is which NIC the v4 data will be on and if there will be any v6 data and now I am realizing some nic devices could have IPv4 only, IPv6 only, or both.
Can you or someone help me get that piece fixed?

In reply to Re^2: Need help with small IF statement by MikeDexter
in thread Need help with small IF statement by MikeDexter

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