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Re: Get IP address

From Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking
Subject Re: Get IP address
Date 2019-11-26 14:26 -0600
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <slrnqtr2ir.pjt.BitTwister@wb.home.test> (permalink)
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:58:07 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake wrote:
> On 2019-11-26, Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>> Maybe you need to get a second opinion from other sites.
>
> I like http://checkip.dyndns.com, works with any browser (including
> lynx etc.) and just returns the IP address without a lot of cruft.

In a browser, somewhat true. But for getting the ip into a variable via
a script, there is way too much cruft. For example:

$ curl  http://checkip.dyndns.com
<html><head><title>Current IP Check</title></head><body>Current IP Address: 48.143.134.52</body></html>

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Get IP address Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2019-11-26 13:41 +0000
  Re: Get IP address Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-11-26 07:52 -0600
    Re: Get IP address Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2019-11-26 14:03 +0000
    Re: Get IP address Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2019-11-26 17:58 +0000
      Re: Get IP address Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-11-26 14:26 -0600
        Re: Get IP address "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-11-26 16:40 -0500
  Re: Get IP address Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-11-28 01:28 +0000

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