Hello, On Sat, Sep 06, 2025 at 09:58:57AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Sep 06, 2025 at 12:36:15 +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > > "inxi" sounds like a terrible way to programmatically find your IP > > address. I would most likely use the "ip" command and any of its > > machine-readable output formats. > > How would that work? "ip" only know about the IP addresses of the > machine it runs on, right?
You're right, I didn't spot the "WAN" part and thought it was just the IP address on the interface. It still seems a bit odd to use inxi for it but I suppose it's a very simple way for people that don't want to do any scripting of any kind. It's a pity that there's no way to do it without consulting some remote device — I assume inxi is also doing it this way. I can think of some ways to do it but they all depend too much on how your network is working. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
