[olug] Unix Tip: GET YOUR IP-ADDRESS

[David Walker]

ipconfig or winipcfg

but to my knowledge getting your IP address from within a script (batch file 
or vbscript) is not this simple.

(I don't consider Windows to have very good guru support.)

On Thursday 20 March 2003 09:53 pm, Sam Tetherow wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >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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