On Tuesday 31 May 2005 23:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 11:25:10PM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote:
> > ping -c 1 hop www.google.com | grep 'bytes from' | cut -d ' ' -f 5 | cut
> > -d '(' -f 2 | cut -d ')' -f 1
>
> Try this:
> lynx -dump http://checkip.dyndns.org |sed -n '/Current/s/.*: \(.*\)/\1/p'
>
> It doesn't rely on ICMP packaets, which are blocked by many ISPs and/or
> network admins.I guess the hop thing is unreliable, then? p.s.: Dexter, you might be able to use Roberto's example to parse the output of the webserver built into your router. That would be awkward on my router, but I've heard of other people doing that. Not sure if it was easy on theirs, or if they just liked hard work ;) -- Lee. Please do not CC replies directly to me. I'll read them on the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
