[olug] Unix Tip: GET YOUR IP-ADDRESS

[Sam Tetherow]

What would Mom and Pop really need to know their ip address for?

So what is the 'simple' way to get your ip address under windows?

David Walker wrote:

>The beauty of it is that it is possible.
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>Every decent operating system has guru support.
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>If a user wished to know their IP address they can simply type ifconfig
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>On Thursday 20 March 2003 01:43 pm, William E. Kempf wrote:
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>>Unix Guru Universe said:
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>>>Type this simple command at the unix-prompt
>>>
>>>ifconfig | grep "inet addr" |  grep -v "127.0.0.1" | awk '{print $2;}' |
>>> awk -F':' '{print $2;}'
>>>      
>>>
>>*chuckles*
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>>While as a developer I love the power behind these "little tools piped
>>together", it's exactly this sort of attitude ("Type this _simple_
>>command", emphasis mine) which continues to lead me to think Linux is for
>>the Gurus, and not Mom and Pop.
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>>
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