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

When looking up your external IP address on a NATed host, quite a few answers suggest using HTTP based methods like ifconfig.me eg:

$ curl ifconfig.me/ip

Over the years I have seen many of these sites come and go, I find this DNS based method more robust:

$ dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

I have this handy alias in my ~/.bashrc:

alias wip='dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com'