added support for 'ip' instead of 'ifconfig'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Other changes
 
 | Version        | Date           | Comment  |
 | -------------- | -------------- | -------- |
+| 3.37.5         | 2018-03-12     | added support for `ip` instead of `ifconfig` |
 | 3.37.4         | 2018-02-22     | bugfix windows `processes()`, `disklayout()` |
 | 3.37.3         | 2018-02-19     | added windows exec `windowsHide` option |
 | 3.37.2         | 2018-02-15     | fixed bug `battery().percent` for macOS |

README.md

@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ Written by Sebastian Hildebrandt [sebhildebrandt](https://github.com/sebhildebra
 - dragonjet [dragonjet](https://github.com/dragonjet)
 - Adam Reis [adamreisnz](https://github.com/adamreisnz)
 - Jimi M [ItsJimi](https://github.com/ItsJimi)
+- Git² [GitSquared](https://github.com/GitSquared)
 
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lib/network.js

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const opts = {
 let _network = {};
 let _default_iface;
 let _mac = {};
+let isIpAvailable;
 
 function getDefaultNetworkInterface() {
 
@@ -78,13 +79,30 @@ function getMacAddresses() {
   let mac = '';
   let result = {};
   if (_linux || _freebsd || _openbsd) {
-    const cmd = 'export LC_ALL=C; /sbin/ifconfig; unset LC_ALL';
+    if (typeof isIpAvailable === 'undefined') {
+      if (fs.existsSync('/sbin/ip')) {
+        isIpAvailable = true;
+      } else {
+        isIpAvailable = false;
+      }  
+    }
+    const cmd = 'export LC_ALL=C; /sbin/' + ((isIpAvailable) ? 'ip link show up' : 'ifconfig') + '; unset LC_ALL';
     let res = execSync(cmd);
     const lines = res.toString().split('\n');
     for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
       if (lines[i] && lines[i][0] !== ' ') {
+        if (isIpAvailable) {
+          let nextline = lines[i+1].trim().split(' ');
+          if (nextline[0] === 'link/ether') {
+            iface = lines[i].split(' ')[1];
+            iface = iface.slice(0, iface.length - 1);
+            mac = nextline[1];
+          }
+        } else {
           iface = lines[i].split(' ')[0];
           mac = lines[i].split('HWaddr ')[1];
+        }
+
         if (iface && mac) {
           result[iface] = mac.trim();
           iface = '';
@@ -92,7 +110,6 @@ function getMacAddresses() {
         }
       }
     }
-
   }
   if (_darwin) {
     const cmd = '/sbin/ifconfig';