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From: laredotornado on 12 Jul 2010 14:44 Hi, I'm using Mac 10.6.3, bash shell. How can I get my IP address, as it would appear in a web server log of a remote server (assuming no proxies in between)? I would like to get this IP address and put it in a file on my system. Thanks, for your help, - Dave
From: pk on 12 Jul 2010 14:34 On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:44:10 -0700 (PDT) laredotornado <laredotornado(a)zipmail.com> wrote: > I'm using Mac 10.6.3, bash shell. How can I get my IP address, as it > would appear in a web server log of a remote server (assuming no > proxies in between)? I would like to get this IP address and put it > in a file on my system. ifconfig ?
From: Kenny McCormack on 12 Jul 2010 14:48 In article <89f693a6-8a8e-4131-aa7d-6d4c933ec8e0(a)k8g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, laredotornado <laredotornado(a)zipmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I'm using Mac 10.6.3, bash shell. How can I get my IP address, as it >would appear in a web server log of a remote server (assuming no >proxies in between)? I would like to get this IP address and put it >in a file on my system. > >Thanks, for your help, - Dave The obvious answer is: Parse the output of ifconfig (post back if you need more detailed instructions). The longer answer is: People are usually using some kind of NAT, so the real question is "How do I get my 'real world visible' IP address?". If it is the later question, there are various solutions, none of them "perfect" (in the sense of being absolutely deterministic - answerable in a standard-compliant manner). Again, post back if you want my suggestions. -- "We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides." - Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order -
From: Chris F.A. Johnson on 12 Jul 2010 15:13 On 2010-07-12, laredotornado wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Mac 10.6.3, bash shell. How can I get my IP address, as it > would appear in a web server log of a remote server (assuming no > proxies in between)? I would like to get this IP address and put it > in a file on my system. ipaddr=$(wget -qO - http://cfaj.freeshell.org/ipaddr.cgi) -- Chris F.A. Johnson, author <http://shell.cfajohnson.com/> =================================================================== Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
From: laredotornado on 12 Jul 2010 16:58
On Jul 12, 2:13 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-12, laredotornado wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm using Mac 10.6.3, bash shell. How can I get my IP address, as it > > would appear in a web server log of a remote server (assuming no > > proxies in between)? I would like to get this IP address and put it > > in a file on my system. > > ipaddr=$(wget -qO -http://cfaj.freeshell.org/ipaddr.cgi) > > -- > Chris F.A. Johnson, author <http://shell.cfajohnson.com/> > =================================================================== > Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) > Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Thanks for this excellent, concise solution. That was indeed the simple answer I was looking for, - Dave |