Find Your IP from the Command Line

The commands below show your public IP address — the one the internet sees — directly from a terminal or command prompt.

Linux / macOS

curl — simplest one-liner

curl https://api.ipify.org

Returns just your IP address on a single line.

# JSON output
curl "https://api.ipify.org?format=json"

dig — via DNS

dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

Uses OpenDNS to resolve your public IP. Fast, no HTTP required.

Show network interfaces (local IPs)

# Linux
ip addr show

# macOS
ifconfig | grep "inet "

These are your private local-network IPs, not your public internet IP.

Windows

ipconfig — show all adapters

ipconfig /all

Lists every network adapter with its IP address, DNS servers, and MAC address.

nslookup — via DNS

nslookup myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com

PowerShell

Get your public IP

(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://api.ipify.org").Content

# Shorter alias
(irm "https://api.ipify.org")

List all local IPs

Get-NetIPAddress | Where-Object {$_.AddressFamily -eq "IPv4"}