How to find outgoing IP in Linux ?
Here is a small snippet to find outgoing IP of your Linux box. 1. To find the outgoing internal IP only # ip route get 8.8.8.8 | head -1 | gawk '{ print $7 }' 2. To find the outgoing internal IP along with interface. # ip route get 8.8.8.8 | head -1 | gawk '{ print $5,$7 }' 3. In-case if your system is connected to Internet, to find the outgoing external IP # curl ifconfig.me Note: In case if your system having public IP assigned then there is no difference between outgoing internal IP and external IP (both are same).