How to get the IPV4 address for an interface from /proc

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Is there a clean, simple way to get an IP address for a network interface from /proc, similar to the way I can get the MAC address for a network interface?

Ideally I would just type cat /proc/<foo>/interface_name and get the IPv4 address.



I'd rather not run anything other than cat.










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    Is there a clean, simple way to get an IP address for a network interface from /proc, similar to the way I can get the MAC address for a network interface?

    Ideally I would just type cat /proc/<foo>/interface_name and get the IPv4 address.



    I'd rather not run anything other than cat.










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      Is there a clean, simple way to get an IP address for a network interface from /proc, similar to the way I can get the MAC address for a network interface?

      Ideally I would just type cat /proc/<foo>/interface_name and get the IPv4 address.



      I'd rather not run anything other than cat.










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      Is there a clean, simple way to get an IP address for a network interface from /proc, similar to the way I can get the MAC address for a network interface?

      Ideally I would just type cat /proc/<foo>/interface_name and get the IPv4 address.



      I'd rather not run anything other than cat.







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          Under the /proc directory, you can also find the IPv4 addresses in the Forwarding Information Base table, at /proc/net/fib_trie



          The table is pretty intelligible doing a mere cat, first comes the Main: and then Local:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie


          or to see your network, IP addresses and netmask:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie | grep "|--" | egrep -v "0.0.0.0| 127."
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255





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            Is there a way to get the interface for each IP address?

            – razeh
            May 15 '17 at 18:18











          • They appear in a pre-determined order; probably priority, but that can be changed; other than that, no.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            May 15 '17 at 18:27







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            /proc/net/fib_trie isn't available on my RHEL 6.6 system here at work

            – villapx
            May 15 '17 at 18:47






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            @villapx fib_trie is not present on 2.6 kernels.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            Sep 27 '18 at 15:07











          • There's no way to associate ip addresses with interface in fib_trie.

            – ZioByte
            Mar 10 at 21:38










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          Under the /proc directory, you can also find the IPv4 addresses in the Forwarding Information Base table, at /proc/net/fib_trie



          The table is pretty intelligible doing a mere cat, first comes the Main: and then Local:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie


          or to see your network, IP addresses and netmask:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie | grep "|--" | egrep -v "0.0.0.0| 127."
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255





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            Is there a way to get the interface for each IP address?

            – razeh
            May 15 '17 at 18:18











          • They appear in a pre-determined order; probably priority, but that can be changed; other than that, no.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            May 15 '17 at 18:27







          • 1





            /proc/net/fib_trie isn't available on my RHEL 6.6 system here at work

            – villapx
            May 15 '17 at 18:47






          • 1





            @villapx fib_trie is not present on 2.6 kernels.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            Sep 27 '18 at 15:07











          • There's no way to associate ip addresses with interface in fib_trie.

            – ZioByte
            Mar 10 at 21:38















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          Under the /proc directory, you can also find the IPv4 addresses in the Forwarding Information Base table, at /proc/net/fib_trie



          The table is pretty intelligible doing a mere cat, first comes the Main: and then Local:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie


          or to see your network, IP addresses and netmask:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie | grep "|--" | egrep -v "0.0.0.0| 127."
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255





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            Is there a way to get the interface for each IP address?

            – razeh
            May 15 '17 at 18:18











          • They appear in a pre-determined order; probably priority, but that can be changed; other than that, no.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            May 15 '17 at 18:27







          • 1





            /proc/net/fib_trie isn't available on my RHEL 6.6 system here at work

            – villapx
            May 15 '17 at 18:47






          • 1





            @villapx fib_trie is not present on 2.6 kernels.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            Sep 27 '18 at 15:07











          • There's no way to associate ip addresses with interface in fib_trie.

            – ZioByte
            Mar 10 at 21:38













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          Under the /proc directory, you can also find the IPv4 addresses in the Forwarding Information Base table, at /proc/net/fib_trie



          The table is pretty intelligible doing a mere cat, first comes the Main: and then Local:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie


          or to see your network, IP addresses and netmask:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie | grep "|--" | egrep -v "0.0.0.0| 127."
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255





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          Under the /proc directory, you can also find the IPv4 addresses in the Forwarding Information Base table, at /proc/net/fib_trie



          The table is pretty intelligible doing a mere cat, first comes the Main: and then Local:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie


          or to see your network, IP addresses and netmask:



          cat /proc/net/fib_trie | grep "|--" | egrep -v "0.0.0.0| 127."
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255
          |-- 193.136.1.0
          |-- 193.136.1.2
          |-- 193.136.1.255






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            Is there a way to get the interface for each IP address?

            – razeh
            May 15 '17 at 18:18











          • They appear in a pre-determined order; probably priority, but that can be changed; other than that, no.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            May 15 '17 at 18:27







          • 1





            /proc/net/fib_trie isn't available on my RHEL 6.6 system here at work

            – villapx
            May 15 '17 at 18:47






          • 1





            @villapx fib_trie is not present on 2.6 kernels.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            Sep 27 '18 at 15:07











          • There's no way to associate ip addresses with interface in fib_trie.

            – ZioByte
            Mar 10 at 21:38












          • 1





            Is there a way to get the interface for each IP address?

            – razeh
            May 15 '17 at 18:18











          • They appear in a pre-determined order; probably priority, but that can be changed; other than that, no.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            May 15 '17 at 18:27







          • 1





            /proc/net/fib_trie isn't available on my RHEL 6.6 system here at work

            – villapx
            May 15 '17 at 18:47






          • 1





            @villapx fib_trie is not present on 2.6 kernels.

            – Rui F Ribeiro
            Sep 27 '18 at 15:07











          • There's no way to associate ip addresses with interface in fib_trie.

            – ZioByte
            Mar 10 at 21:38







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          Is there a way to get the interface for each IP address?

          – razeh
          May 15 '17 at 18:18





          Is there a way to get the interface for each IP address?

          – razeh
          May 15 '17 at 18:18













          They appear in a pre-determined order; probably priority, but that can be changed; other than that, no.

          – Rui F Ribeiro
          May 15 '17 at 18:27






          They appear in a pre-determined order; probably priority, but that can be changed; other than that, no.

          – Rui F Ribeiro
          May 15 '17 at 18:27





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          /proc/net/fib_trie isn't available on my RHEL 6.6 system here at work

          – villapx
          May 15 '17 at 18:47





          /proc/net/fib_trie isn't available on my RHEL 6.6 system here at work

          – villapx
          May 15 '17 at 18:47




          1




          1





          @villapx fib_trie is not present on 2.6 kernels.

          – Rui F Ribeiro
          Sep 27 '18 at 15:07





          @villapx fib_trie is not present on 2.6 kernels.

          – Rui F Ribeiro
          Sep 27 '18 at 15:07













          There's no way to associate ip addresses with interface in fib_trie.

          – ZioByte
          Mar 10 at 21:38





          There's no way to associate ip addresses with interface in fib_trie.

          – ZioByte
          Mar 10 at 21:38

















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