#!/usr/bin/env bash # @example # chmod a+x randommac.sh # ./randommac.sh wlp2s0 # Came from here: https://gist.github.com/WebReflection/67245d3e05a04299e6cf89df22685081 if [ "$1" != "" ]; then if [ "$(ip link show | grep $1)" != "" ]; then if [ ! -f ~/mac-address-$1.bck ]; then echo "storing original information in ~/mac-address-$1.bck" ip link show $1 > ~/mac-address-$1.bck fi sudo ip link set dev $1 down sudo ip link set dev $1 address $(openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//') sudo ip link set dev $1 up else echo "unknown interface $1" echo "available interfaces:" ip link show | sed 's/^\([0-9]*:\s*\w*\):.*$/\1/g; s/^\s\s*.*$//g' exit 1 fi else echo "you need to specify an interface" echo "example: $0 wlp2s0" exit 1 fi