how to find my public ip address in linux ?

Using dig

dig (domain information groper) is a simple command line utility for probing DNS name servers. To find your public IP addresses, use the opendns.com resolver as in the command below:

Syntax:

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

Example:

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

111.125.200.200

Using host

host command is an easy-to-use command line utility for carrying out DNS lookups. The command below will help to display your system public IP address.

Syntax:

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

Example:

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

111.125.200.200

Using wget

curl is a popular command line tool for uploading or downloading files from a server using any of the supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FILE, FTP, FTPS and others). The following

commands display your public IP address.

Syntax:

wget -qO- http://ipecho.net/plain | xargs echo

Or

wget -qO - icanhazip.com

Example:

 wget -qO- http://ipecho.net/plain | xargs echo

111.125.200.200

 wget -qO- http://ipecho.net/plain | xargs echo

111.125.200.200

Using curl

curl is a popular command line tool for uploading or downloading files from a server using any of the supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FILE, FTP, FTPS and others). The following

commands display your public IP address.

Syntax:

curl ifconfig.me

Example:

curl ifconfig.me

111.125.200.200

The following commands will get you the IP address list to find public IP addresses for your machine:

• curl ifconfig.me
• curl icanhazip.com
• curl ipinfo.io/ip
• curl api.ipify.org
• curl checkip.dyndns.org
• curl ident.me
• curl bot.whatismyipaddress.com
• curl ipecho.net/plain