How to query the computer's ip address?
Nicholas Holley
nickpub at imap.cc
Sun Feb 8 03:27:14 PST 2004
Rob wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Silly question, maybe, but is there a simple command to query the
> computer's
> ip address? Something similar to 'hostname' for finding the computer's
> hostname.
> I need the four dot-separated ip numbers.
>
> I can analyze the output of 'ifconfig', but isn't there an easier way.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob.
If reading the output of ifconfig is really too much trouble for you,
then I would suggest writing up a small script or alias to grep the
output of ifconfig.
Nick
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