[olug] Unix Tip: GET YOUR IP-ADDRESS

[David Walker]

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.