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IWGETID(8)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		    IWGETID(8)

NAME
       iwgetid - Report ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless network

SYNOPSIS
       iwgetid [interface] [--raw] [--scheme] [--ap] [--freq]
			  [--mode] [--protocol] [--channel]

DESCRIPTION
       iwgetid	is  used to find out the NWID, ESSID or AP/Cell Address of the
       wireless network that is currently used. The  information  reported  is
       the  same  as the one shown by iwconfig, but iwgetid is easier to inte‐
       grate in various scripts.
       By default, iwgetid will print the ESSID of  the	 device,  and  if  the
       device doesn't have any ESSID it will print its NWID.
       The default formatting output is pretty-print.

OPTIONS
       --raw  This  option  disables  pretty-printing of the information. This
	      option is orthogonal to the other options (except --scheme),  so
	      with  the	 appropriate  combination of options you can print the
	      raw ESSID, AP Address or Mode.
	      This format is ideal when storing the result  of	iwgetid	 as  a
	      variable	in  Shell  or Perl scripts or to pass the result as an
	      argument on the command line of iwconfig.

       --scheme
	      This option is similar to the previous one, it disables  pretty-
	      printing	of the information and removes all characters that are
	      not alphanumerics (like space, punctuation and  control  charac‐
	      ters).
	      The  resulting  output is a valid Pcmcia scheme identifier (that
	      may be used as an argument of the command cardctl scheme).  This
	      format  is  also	ideal  when  using  the result of iwgetid as a
	      selector in Shell or Perl scripts, or as a file name.

       --ap   Display the MAC address of the  Wireless	Access	Point  or  the
	      Cell.

       --freq Display the current frequency or channel used by the interface.

       --channel
	      Display  the  current channel used by the interface. The channel
	      is determined using the current frequency and the frequency list
	      provided by the interface.

       --mode Display the current mode of the interface.

       --protocol
	      Display the protocol name of the interface. This allows to iden‐
	      tify all the cards that  are  compatible	with  each  other  and
	      accept the same type of configuration.
	      This can also be used to check Wireless Extension support on the
	      interface, as this is the only attribute that all	 drivers  sup‐
	      porting Wireless Extension are mandated to support.

SEE ALSO
       iwconfig(8), ifconfig(8), iwspy(8), iwpriv(8).

wireless-tools		       02 December 2003			    IWGETID(8)
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