Re: How can I use CLI to find my public IP address in IPv4 vs IPv6?

Hi, LeRoy,

dig, host and curl all use a -4 flag to connect using IPv4. So:

curl -4 icanhazip.com

dig -4 +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

host -4 myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com | grep "myip.opendns.com has=
" | awk '{print $4}'

If you don't have dig, it's just an apt install away (or whatever equivalen=
t command your distro uses).

What "crap" do you get from the host command?

All of these commands worked for me (and gave me IPv4 when I added -4).

        ...Akkana

LeRoy Diener writes:
> Hi NMGLUG folks,
> =

> I am familiar with using=A0https://ipchicken.com/=A0to find my public IP
> address using the browser.
> I would like to verify my public IP address using CLI as well as the
> browser.
> I found this
> page=A0https://www.tecmint.com/find-linux-server-public-ip-address/=A0with
> 4 ways.
> The web page (last updated July 2023) shows that the results are in
> IPv4, but my results are in IPv6.
> I tried all four ways.
> >From the dig command, I get "bash: dig: command not found"
> >From the host command, I get crap. When I remove the pipes I get stuff
> including an IPv6 address.
> >From the wget and curl commands, Iget an IPv6 address.
> The IPv6 address from 5 variations of wget and curl are all the same.
> The IPv6 address from host is different.
> I like curl ifconfig.me because it is easy to remember.
> =

> Here's the problem.
> I would like to verify my public IP address using CLI as well as the
> browser.
> >From ipchicken in the broswer, I get IPv4.
> >From the CLI, I get IPv6.
> How can I verify my public IP address?
> =

> In gratitude,
> LeRoy
> -- =

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