Finding Interface Name Using IP Address

Getting network interface name using IP address could be accomplished by issuing:

$ ip addr show | grep "192.168.1.2" | awk '{print $7}'

or another alternative:

ifconfig | grep -B 1 "192.168.1.2" | head -n1 | awk '{print $1}'

Both command would output the name of interface such as eth0, eth1, etc.

Reference

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/427517/finding-an-interface-name-from-an-ip-address

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