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alias to show my own configured ip

Terminal - alias to show my own configured ip
alias showip="ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:' | sed 's/.*addr\:\(.*\) Bcast\:.*/\1/'"
2009-03-25 07:50:12
User: dizzgo
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alias to show my own configured ip

parses the output of ifconfig to show only the configured ip address (in this case from interface eth0).

the regexp is quick'n'dirty im sure it can be done in a better way.

--> this alias does not show your "internet ip" when you're in a nat-environment

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ifconfig eth0 | grep inet | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d ':' -f2

Comment by P17 217 weeks ago

and if we have two (or more) active network interfaces?

Comment by mpb 217 weeks ago
ifconfig $if | egrep -o "inet addr:[^ ]*"
Comment by bandie91 217 weeks ago

Assuming that the default route is via the network interface of interest:

/sbin/ifconfig $(netstat -rn | grep "^0.0.0.0" | awk '{print $8}') | awk -F: '/inet addr/ {printf("%s\n",substr($2,1,index($2," "))) }'

Comment by mpb 217 weeks ago

there must be a simpler way to do this...

Comment by elzapp 217 weeks ago
ifconfig $(route|grep default|awk '{ print $8 }')|grep 'inet addr:' | sed 's/.*addr\:\(.*\) Bcast\:.*/\1/'

to show ip of default route

Comment by professoralex 210 weeks and 2 days ago

route -n | egrep "^0." | awk '{print "Gateway to the Word: "$2", via "$NF""}'

Comment by bandie91 207 weeks and 6 days ago

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