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Matthew LaFalce
Matthew LaFalce

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How to find outgoing IP addresses on your Linux machine.

Here is a small post to help you find the outgoing IP address of you Linux machine.

  1. To find the outgoing internal IP address only
ip route get 8.8.8.8 | head -1 | gawk '{ print $7 }'
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  1. To find the outgoing internal IP address along with the interface name.
ip route get 8.8.8.8 | head -1 | gawk '{ print $5,$7 }'
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  1. In the case that your machine is connected to the internet, to find the outgoing external IP Address.
curl ifconfig.me
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