QuickIP

Quickly get your machine's public and private IP addresses.

Install

1. Verify curl and jq are installed.

• Ubuntu

  sudo apt install curl jq
  

2. Download quickip.sh and place it somewhere you can leave it indefinitely (ex ~/.local/bin/quickip.sh).

3. Add the following line to your .bashrc(found at ~/.bashrc). Make sure to modify the path to where you put the script.

   source ~/.local/bin/quickip.sh
   

4. Resource your .bashrc by either quitting and reopening your terminal or with the command source ~/.bashrc.

5. The script should now be ready to use.

Usage

QuickIP has 3 functions, each with their own name:

pubip to get your public IP

locip to get all local interfaces that have an IP assigned

allip to get both public and private IPs.

Usage: pubip [ OPTION ]
  -m    Minimal - Don\'t show IP address location.
  -M    Extra Minimal - Only show IP address.

Usage: locip [ OPTION ]
  -d    Down - Only show interfaces that are currently down.
  -m    Minimal - Only show interface name and address.
  -M    Extra Minimal - Only show interface address(es).
  -u    Up - Only show interfaces that are up.

Usage: allip [ OPTION ]
  -m    Minimal - Equivalent to `pubip -m && locip -m`.
  -M    Extra Minimal - Equivalent to `pubip -M && locip -M`.

Examples

[user@computer: ~ ] pubip
Public IP Address:
	45.152.182.131	(United States)

[user@computer: ~ ] locip
Local IP Address(es):
	lo     	 127.0.0.1    	 UNKNOWN
	eth0   	 192.168.1.12  	 UP     
	wlan0  	 192.168.1.248	 DOWN   
	vpn0	 10.8.8.17    	 UNKNOWN

[user@computer: ~ ] allip
Public IP Address:
	45.152.182.131	(United States)

Local IP Address(es):
	lo     	 127.0.0.1    	 UNKNOWN
	eth0   	 192.168.1.12  	 UP     
	wlan0  	 192.168.1.248	 DOWN   
	vpn0	 10.8.8.17    	 UNKNOWN

Issues

Please report any issues you encounter and include your operating system in the issue description.