Date: 2021mar3 Keywords: bash Q. Linux: Find external IP-address on the command line A. This brief command will do it:

curl ifconfig.co

It will just display the IP-address - eg:

100.200.300.400

You can also do:

lynx whatsmyip.com

But its output is more messy For more info visit https://ifconfig.co with a regular browser like Firefox.