Linux IP command

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• Original title: Linux IP command
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• Created: 2026-08-26T13:51:56-07:00
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Darren — 2026-08-26T13:51:54-07:00

Can you give me a terminal command for Linux to report my IP address and just my IP address to the local machine? I can’t remember all the— actually, I don’t know all the command switches for Linux, so, you know.

ChatGPT — 2026-08-26T13:51:55-07:00 · gpt-5-6-thinking

For your machine’s local/LAN IPv4 address, with nothing else printed:

hostname -I | awk '{print $1}'

That should give you something like:

192.0.2.42

If you meant your public Internet-facing IP address instead, use:

curl -4 ifconfig.me

For what you’re doing with the server/IP comparison, I suspect the second one may actually be the one you want.