Geolocate a given IP address

geoip() { lynx -dump "http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=$1&position=true"; }

Defines a function to geolocate a given IP address; if none supplied, will default to your external IP address.

Sample Output

Country: UNITED STATES (US)
City: Mountain View, CA

Latitude: 37.402
Longitude: -122.078
IP: 74.125.227.48

By: unixmonkey7753

2011-05-10 21:44:07

bash locate geographical location ip address geoip

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Geolocate a given IP address
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4

curl ipinfo.io/<ipaddress>

coderholic · 2013-10-31 05:18:07 7
Geolocate a given IP address

GeoIP Needs to be installed. Can be done from some distro's or via MaxMind.com for free. There even is a free city database availabble. If the GeoLiteCity is downloaded and installed it will also find more information geoiplookup -f /var/lib/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat commandlinefu.com GeoIP City Edition, Rev 1: US, NJ, Absecon, 08201, 39.420898, -74.497704, 504, 609 Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ geoiplookup 74.125.79.99
GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States

$ geoiplookup google.com
GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States
```
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geoiplookup <ipadress>

houghi · 2010-10-13 09:19:17 5
Geolocate a given IP address

Grabs the ip2location site and removes everything but the span tag containing the country value. Place it inside your .bashrc or .bash_aliases file. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ ip2loc 167.4.1.41
UNITED STATES
```
0

ip2loc() { wget -qO - www.ip2location.com/$1 | grep "<span id=\"dgLookup__ctl2_lblICountry\">" | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g; s/^[\t]*//; s/"/"/g; s/</</g; s/>/>/g; s/&/\&/g'; }

bkuri · 2010-10-13 00:19:35 5

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