major fix for ip addr output, handled weak cases, now it inserts a newline before each record item with sed to create discrete records for gawk to parse easily.

this solves the problem exposed when there is no ipv6 output, and thus the last line used to test for end of record was vanished.

now it's all just treated like ifconfig except a few small differences of which item to slice out.

inxi

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.7.11
+####  version: 1.7.12
 ####  Date: June 24 2011
 ####  Patch Number: 00
 ########################################################################
@@ -1310,6 +1310,7 @@ debug_data_collector()
 			xiin_data_file=$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/$debug_data_dir/xiin-sys.txt
 			echo 'Collecting networking data...'
 			ifconfig &> $debug_data_dir/ifconfig.txt
+			ip addr &> $debug_data_dir/ip-addr.txt
 			if [[ $b_run_xiin == 'true' ]];then
 				echo "Running $xiin_file tool now on /sys..."
 				python ./$xiin_file -d /sys -f $xiin_data_file
@@ -4524,7 +4525,7 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 	eval $LOGFS
 	
 	local ip_tool_command=$( type -p ip )
-	local temp_array='' ip_tool='ip'
+	local temp_array='' ip_tool='ip' ip_tool_data=''
 	# the chances for all new systems to have ip by default are far higher than
 	# the deprecated ifconfig. Only try for ifconfig if ip is not present in system
 	if [[ -z $ip_tool_command ]];then
@@ -4533,12 +4534,22 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 	else
 		ip_tool_command="$ip_tool_command addr"
 	fi
-	# lack of ip tool will throw an error only upon it's usage
 	if [[ -n "$ip_tool_command" ]];then
+		if [[ $ip_tool == 'ifconfig' ]];then
+			ip_tool_data="$( ifconfig )"
+		# note, ip addr does not have proper record separation, so creating new lines explicitly here at start
+		# of each IF record item. Also getting rid of the unneeded numeric line starters, now it can be parsed 
+		# like ifconfig more or less
+		elif [[ $ip_tool == 'ip' ]];then
+			ip_tool_data="$( eval ${ip_tool_command} | sed 's/^[0-9]\+:[[:space:]]\+/\n/' )"
+		fi
+	fi
+	if [[ -z $ip_tool_command ]];then
+		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( "Interfaces program 'ip' missing. Please check: $SCRIPT_NAME --recommends" )
+	elif [[ -n "$ip_tool_data" ]];then
 		IFS=$'\n' # $ip_tool_command
 		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( $( 
-		# important, because this can be 'ip addr' it MUST use eval ${...}
-		eval ${ip_tool_command} | gawk -v ipTool=$ip_tool '
+		gawk -v ipTool=$ip_tool '
 		BEGIN {
 			IGNORECASE=1
 			interface=""
@@ -4547,31 +4558,26 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 			ifMask=""
 		}
 		# skip past the lo item
-		/^lo/ || /^[0-9]+: lo:/ {
-			while (getline && ( !/^$/ && !/valid(.*)lft/ ) ) {
+		/^lo/ {
+			while (getline && !/^$/ ) {
 				# do nothing, just get past this entry item
 			}
 		}
-		/^[a-zA-Z]+[0-9]/ || /^[0-9]+: [a-zA-Z]+[0-9]+:/ {
+		/^[a-zA-Z]+[0-9]/ {
 			# not clear on why inet is coming through, but this gets rid of it
 			# as first line item.
 			gsub(/,/, " ", $0)
 			gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
 			gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
-			if ( ipTool == "ifconfig" ) {
 			interface = $1
-			}
-			# prep this this: 2: eth0: 
-			else if ( ipTool == "ip" ) {
-				interface = $2
+			# prep this this for ip addr: eth0: 
 			sub(/:/, "", interface)
-			}
 			ifIp=""
 			ifIpV6=""
 			ifMask=""
 			aInterfaces[interface]++
 
-			while (getline && ( !/^$/ && !/valid(.*)lft/ )) {
+			while (getline && !/^$/ ) {
 				if ( ipTool == "ifconfig" ) {
 					if (/inet addr:/) {
 						ifIp = gensub( /addr:([0-9\.]+)/, "\\1", "g", $2 )
@@ -4614,16 +4620,18 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 				}
 				j++
 			}
-		}'
+		}' <<< "$ip_tool_data"
 		) )
 		IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 	else
-		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( "Interfaces program 'ip' missing. Please check: $SCRIPT_NAME --recommends" )
+		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( "Interfaces program $ip_tool present but created no data. " )
 	fi
 	temp_array=${A_INTERFACES_DATA[@]}
 	log_function_data "A_INTERFACES_DATA: $temp_array"
 	eval $LOGFE
 }
+# get_networking_local_ip_data;exit
+
 # get_networking_local_ip_data;exit
 get_optical_drive_data()
 {