How-To: Get External IP Address from the Command Line
by dervish on Sep.09, 2013, under Networking
Commands:
curl ifconfig.me
or
dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com
Examples:
dervish@mint15 ~ $ curl ifconfig.me
88.198.110.185
dervish@mint15 ~ $ dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com
64.130.245.84
NOTE: The curl command will return the proxy server address if one is being used.
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