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Get primary interface name and IP
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#!/usr/bin/python
from SystemConfiguration import SCDynamicStoreCreate, SCDynamicStoreCopyValue
net_config = SCDynamicStoreCreate(None, "net", None, None)
def get_primaryinterface():
states = SCDynamicStoreCopyValue(net_config, "State:/Network/Global/IPv4")
return states['PrimaryInterface']
def get_ip_address(iface):
addresses = SCDynamicStoreCopyValue(net_config, "State:/Network/Interface/%s/IPv4" % iface)
return addresses['Addresses'][0]
primary_interface = get_primaryinterface()
print (primary_interface, get_ip_address(primary_interface))
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