Which terminal command to get just IP address and nothing else?

Question

I\'m trying to use just the IP address (inet) as a parameter in a script I wrote.

Is there an easy way in a unix terminal to get just the IP address, rather than loo

Answer 1

That would do the trick in a Mac :

ping $(ifconfig en0 | awk '$1 == "inet" {print $2}')

That resolved to ping 192.168.1.2 in my machine.

Pro tip: $(...) means run whatever is inside the parentheses in a subshell and return that as the value.