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I didn't know about the /cdn-cgi/trace Cloudflare trick. Here's a one-liner to print just the ip via curl: curl -s cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace | grep ip | c

• stevekemp 5y ago
  You could use awk instead of grep & cut: curl -s cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace | awk '{FS="="} /ip/ {print $2}'
  • luismedel 5y ago
    And sed: curl -s cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace | sed -nr "s/^ip\=(.+)$/\1/p"
• btgeekboy 5y ago
  That may return IPv6 if you have IPv6 connectivity, which might not be what you're looking for. I just do this, myself: IP=`curl -s checkip.amazonaws.com`
• I_complete_me 5y ago
  What do those -- at the end do? I get my IP without them.