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helper script to return interface IP on pfSense
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| #!/usr/bin/env php | |
| <?php | |
| require_once('interfaces.inc'); | |
| $ifaces = get_configured_interface_with_descr(); | |
| asort($ifaces); | |
| $it = trim($argv[1]); | |
| if (empty($it)) { | |
| echo "specify an interface (BSD names also accepted e.g. ix0):\n"; | |
| foreach ($ifaces as $k => $v) { | |
| printf("%-10s %s\n", $k, $v); | |
| } | |
| exit(); | |
| } | |
| $realif = get_real_interface($it); | |
| if (empty($realif)) { | |
| die("interface '$it' does not exist\n"); | |
| } | |
| $ip = get_interface_ip($realif) ?: get_interface_ipv6($realif); | |
| echo $ip . PHP_EOL; |
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I updated the gist slightly since the original, it now correctly handles interfaces that ONLY have an IPv6 (e.g. GIF interfaces part of an HENET tunnel).