get XO id via bash

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Mikus Grinbergs <mikus at bga.com> wrote:
>> how to get the XO unique identifier using bash?
>
> Please be more explicit in what you mean by "identifier".

I meant serial number. Thanks for the if..then

cheers,
Sameer

>
>
> To get the serial number:
>
>  >   if [ -e /ofw/serial-number ]; then
>  >     echo "Serial    : "`cat /ofw/serial-number`
>  >   fi
>
> To get the radio MAC address:
>
>  Get output of 'ifconfig eth0', then extract the string
>  after the label "HWaddr"
>
> To get the name given to Sugar:
>
>  Get output of 'gconftool-2 --direct
>    --config-source=xml:readwrite:/home/olpc/.gconf
>    /desktop/sugar/user/nick --get'
>
>    [That command is all on one line]
>
> To get the name given to NetworkManager:
>
>  Get output of 'hostname' (and parse if need be)
>
>
> mikus