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Generate a mac address based on FQDN
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README.md

Install

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wankdanker/2f676cc85f52fd471567/raw -o /usr/local/bin/gen-mac; chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/gen-mac
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gen-mac
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#from http://serverfault.com/questions/299556/how-to-generate-a-random-mac-address-from-the-linux-command-line
if [ -z "$1" ];
then
echo "usage: $0 fully.qualified.domain.name";
exit 1
fi
FQDN=$1
echo $FQDN|md5sum|sed 's/^\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\).*$/02:\1:\2:\3:\4:\5/'
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