How to use ifconfig to show active interface only

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                          By default ifconfig will show me all available interfaces , but what if I just want to display active ones? Like, en0 only in below. 

    en0: flags=8863 mtu 1500
    	ether 14:10:9f:e0:eb:c9 
    	inet6 fe80::1610:9fff:fee0:ebc9%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 
    	inet X.X.X.X netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 101.6.69.255
    	nd6 options=1
    	media: autoselect
    	**status: active**
    en3: flags=8963 mtu 1500
    	options=60
    	ether 32:00:14:e7:4f:80 
    	media: autoselect 
    	**status: inactive**

Notice ifconfig en0 will not satisfy, en0 is not always the active one ;)

I'm running Mac OS X.
                        

Asked by qweruiop (500 rep)

Dec 1, 2013, 05:15 AM
Last activity: Sep 20, 2023, 03:37 PM

How to use ifconfig to show active interface only

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