diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.library.source b/etc/rc.d/rc.library.source
index d7ba78328..16fdf1f0a 100644
--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.library.source
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.library.source
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ main() {
 
 show() {
   case $# in
-    1) ip -br addr show scope global to $1 2>/dev/null|awk '{print $1}';;
-    2) ip -br addr show scope global $1 $2 2>/dev/null|awk '{print $3}';;
-    3) [[ $1 == -6 ]] && main $(ip -br -6 addr show scope global $2 $3 2>/dev/null|awk '{$2="";print}') || ip -br -4 addr show scope global $2 $3 2>/dev/null|awk '{print $3}';;
+    1) ip -br addr show scope global to $1 2>/dev/null|awk '{print $1;exit}';;
+    2) ip -br addr show scope global $1 $2 2>/dev/null|awk '{print $3;exit}';;
+    3) [[ $1 == -6 ]] && main $(ip -br -6 addr show scope global $2 $3 2>/dev/null|awk '{$2="";print;exit}') || ip -br -4 addr show scope global $2 $3 2>/dev/null|awk '{print $3;exit}';;
   esac
 }