Bash Command to Check IP Address


If you are on a Bash Shell and want to know the IP address of your device, then you can make use of the ifconfig command.


Example:

As ifconfig may have too much information, we can pipe it with awk command to filter out just the IPs.

# ifconfig | awk '/inet / {print $1, $2}'


inet 127.0.0.1
inet 192.168.1.3

Of the output, the first IP 127.0.0.1 is the loopback address also called as localhost.

The second IP here 192.168.1.3 is my local Private IP..

Bash Command to know IP Address Example
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