Get your external IP address
88.224.62.157
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curl ifconfig.me/ip -> IP Adress curl ifconfig.me/host -> Remote Host curl ifconfig.me/ua ->User Agent curl ifconfig.me/port -> Port thonks to http://ifconfig.me/
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Short command, easy to remember
41curl ifconfig.me -
Instead of opening your browser, googling "whatismyip"... Also useful for scripts. dig can be found in the dnsutils package.
36dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com -
17curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | grep -o "[[:digit:].]\+"
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Just another curl command to get your public facing IP Show Sample Output
14curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org | sed 's/[a-zA-Z<>/ :]//g'
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