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Lukas Altmann
Lukas Altmann

Reputation: 21

How to get the right IP Address

I need to write a shell script for the purpose of unblocking the current ip from a server. The script must run on mac os.

The script is finished i just need to get the right ip adress, the one i connect to the internet with. If a hit 'ipconfig getifaddr en0' in the console i get the following adress: 127.168.X.XXX. But when I use a service like 'whatismyip.com' im getting 87.188.XXX.XXX. This is the one I need to get in the console.

Any ideas on which command i could use to get the right ip?

Thanks on advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 504

Answers (1)

jphuynh
jphuynh

Reputation: 628

You are tying to find out your external ip address. If you have curl installed on your system, the quickest way is to use:

curl ifconfig.co

That will return the ip you are looking for.

Upvotes: 2

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