[olug] Unix Tip: GET YOUR IP-ADDRESS

Don Kauffman dkauffman at tconl.com
Fri Mar 21 03:58:35 UTC 2003


winipcfg?

Sam Tetherow wrote:

>
> 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.
>>
>> Every decent operating system has guru support.
>>
>> If a user wished to know their IP address they can simply type ifconfig
>>
>> On Thursday 20 March 2003 01:43 pm, William E. Kempf wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Unix Guru Universe said:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> 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*
>>>
>>> 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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