How can I get the ESSID name only that I connected with?

Question

I tried $iwconfig | grep wlan0 but all I got was the line that my connected ESSID name exists. But I need only the name.

How do I get just the name?

Answer 1

I don't know if this is the best solution, but try this:

For the essid name:

iwconfig wlan0 2> /dev/null | awk -F\" '{print $2}'

For the access point mode (as requested in the comment):

iwconfig wlan0 2> /dev/null | awk -F: '/Mode:/ {print $2}' | awk '{print $1}'

For the link Quality (as requested in the comment):

iwconfig wlan0 2> /dev/null | awk -F= '/Quality/ {print $2}' | awk '{print $1}'

For the channel, (as requested in the comment) try this:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scanning essid ESSID | grep Channel | head -1 | awk -F: '{print $2}'

Make sure to replace ESSID with your essid:

For the address, (as requested in the comment) try this:

ifconfig wlan0 2> /dev/null | awk -F: '/inet\ addr/ {print $2}' | awk '{print $1}'