Returns the IP, broadcast, and subnet mask of your interfaces absent any other extraneous info. I know it's a bit lame, but I've created an alias for this when I *quickly* want to know what a system's IP is. Small amounts of time add up :) Show Sample Output
bash only - no grep, sed, awk, whatever - zero overhead alternatively using ifconfig instead of "ip addr ..." A=$(ifconfig eth0); A=${A##*inet addr:}; echo ${A%% *} Show Sample Output
get the ip address on your LAN Show Sample Output
get the ip address on your LAN Show Sample Output
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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