Neil CraigShow your external IP address on the command line:
`# curl -s https://ipinfo.io | jq -r .ip`
`1.2.3.4`
I use this a lot.
Jonathan Kamens 86 47@tdp_org Well, that sure is a lot better than what I've currently got ddclient configured to use:
use=cmd, cmd='curl --silent --interface enp130s0 http\://checkip.dyndns.com/ | perl -ne \'chomp; if (s/.*\\b([1-9][0-9]*\\.[1-9][0-9]*\\.[1-9][0-9]*\\.[1-9][0-9]*)\\b.*/$1/){print;exit}\''
braindance@tdp_org Actually, it occurs to me that even if I use ipinfo.io instead of checkip.dyndns.com, I still need to specify --interface enp130s0 to curl, because otherwise I get back the egress IP of my VPN, which is not actually what I want.
jon r
Timo Tijhof@yala @jik @tdp_org @braindance
I use dig instead of curl,
to a DNS host instead of website. I've used the same command for a decade.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/81699
These "my IP" sites tend to be short lived, slow, compete for SEO, filled with ads, or otherwise change/break. This means you end up searching the web first for the right site instead of just running the command.
Jernej Simončič �@tdp_org I've got https://ip.eternallybored.org/ set up; if the user agent contains curl, it'll return just the IP address :)
Adam 
@tdp_org I like icanhazip.com because it just returns the raw IP
Philip Gillißen@tdp_org I usually use curl ifconfig.co for that. They also gave JSON output for more details: curl ifconfig.co/json
Logan Fick@tdp_org I like this site better. It has swearing, so it's obviously better.
```
curl https://wtfismyip.com
```
```
curl https://wtfismyip.com
```
fatred@tdp_org curl ip.me. Save your fingers.