Tony, 15.2.2019, 11:11:29 +0100: > Debian 9. I need to read my IPv6 address into a python script. > > I am aware that I can call ip a and parse the result. The parsing, > whilst quite achievable, is slightly tricky, but I can manage the RE, so > that's not my question. > > Is there any other way to obtain this data, maybe from /sys? Take a look at this: https://pypi.org/project/netifaces/ This is packaged on stretch as python[3]-netifaces -- Regards mks