I'm trying to use BASH to extract an IP address from my router using the web interface of my router. The text from the router's page is as follows:

[snip]
...
PPPoE
[shim.gif] [32]Subnet mask
1.1.1.1
[shim.gif] [33]Wan IP
2.2.2.2
[shim.gif] [34]Default gateway
3.3.3.3
[shim.gif] [35]DNS Address
...
[snip]

I want to extract the IP (2.2.2.2) on the line right under the text "Wan IP". I can get almost there with lynx x.x.x.x -dump | grep "Wan IP", but the IP is on the line after the text...

So how can I parse a text file/output to find all the text AFTER the token "Wan IP[return][space][space][space]" up to but not including the token "[return]"?

I'm sure this isn't a difficult grep/cut/awk problem, but I'm having difficulty getting to my end product here.

Thank in advance for any help that can be provided...

Is this what you need?

$ lynx x.x.x.x -dump | awk 'BEGIN { RS="[" } /Wan IP/ { print $NF }'

When used with the above example output, it will return 2.2.2.2

Hope this helps.

Wow! You're a genius!

(now I have to sit down and figure out what the command actually does)

Thanks!