[ILUG] getting IP of machine on DHCP

[Conor Daly]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 11:31:55PM +0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Garth Fitzmaurice thought:
> 
>  
> > If you want *just* the IP, you could get it with 
> > /sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr' | cut -d: -f2 | sed 's/ .*$//'
> 
>  Is there some reason why you couldn't just use:
>  hostname -i
>  to get *just* the ip?
> 
>  Garth
 From "Man Hostname"
       -i, --ip-address
              Display the IP address(es) of the host.
                                    ^^^^ 

[cdaly at Valkerie cdaly]$ hostname -i
192.168.1.3 
[cdaly at Hobbiton cdaly]$ hostname -i
127.0.0.1 
^^^^^^^^^
[cdaly at faenor cdaly]$ hostname -i
127.0.0.1 
^^^^^^^^^

Strange behaviour eh?

-- 
Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net>

Domestic Sysadmin :-)
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