How to get Mac address in Linux

using ifconfig to check MAC address

ifconfig -a

ens1f0: flags=4163 mtu 1500

    inet 10.124.202.230  netmask 255.255.255.128  broadcast 10.124.202.255

    ether 70:ca:9b:ce:67:ae  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

    RX packets 12187970  bytes 7390885300 (6.8 GiB)

    RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

    TX packets 16813496  bytes 16253942714 (15.1 GiB)

    TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

    device memory 0xb1960000-b197ffff  

Using IP link show to get mac address

ip link show

1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

2: ens1f0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000

link/ether 70:ca:9b:ce:67:ae brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

from /sys to get mac address

more /sys/class/net/ens1f0/address

70:ca:9b:ce:67:ae

3 ways to get Mac address in Linux