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Created April 15, 2012 02:17
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Copy your local IP address from the command line (OS X)
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copy-ip.sh
# I often need this IP for testing local websites in VirtualBox
echo -n `ifconfig | grep -Po "(?<=inet )\d*\.\d*\.\d*\.\d*(?=.*broadcast)"` | pbcopy
# Less Unix-y, somewhat more readable version
ifconfig | ruby -e "print STDIN.read.match(/inet (\d*\.\d*\.\d*\.\d*).*broadcast/)[1]" | pbcopy
# I use it like this in my .zshrc
alias ip='echo -n `ifconfig | grep -Po "(?<=inet )\d*\.\d*\.\d*\.\d*(?=.*broadcast)"` | pbcopy'
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