[linux] Get MAC address using shell script

The best Linux-specific solution is to use sysfs:

$ IFACE=eth0
$ read MAC </sys/class/net/$IFACE/address
$ echo $IFACE $MAC
eth0 00:ab:cd:12:34:56

This method is extremely clean compared to the others and spawns no additional processes since read is a builtin command for POSIX shells, including non-BASH shells. However, if you need portability to OS X, then you'll have to use ifconfig and sed methods, since OS X does not have a virtual filesystem interface like sysfs.

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