[Plug] Bash script

[George McNeal <gmcneal@op.net>]

I want to write a script that parses the local eth0 IP address out of /sbin/ifconfig
and assigns the value to a variable (loceth0) and later use $loceth0 as
a value.  The following executed on a command line gives the correct
IP.:

/sbin/ifconfig | grep -A 4 eth0 | awk ' /inet/ { print $2 } ' | sed -e s/addr://

However, if I write

loceth0='/sbin/ifconfig | grep -A 4 eth0 | awk ' /inet/ { print $2 } ' sed -e s/addr:// '

I get errors.  I am using the Bash shell.  What is the correct syntact or is there another route?