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Ways to get info public IP address
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Find out ip address using CLI 

wget -qO- icanhazip.com
wget -qO- ipecho.net/plain; echo

curl checkip.amazonaws.com     # ipv4
curl ifconfig.co               # ipv6

#! OpenDNS
dig @resolver4.opendns.com myip.opendns.com +short
dig @resolver4.opendns.com myip.opendns.com +short -4
dig @resolver1.ipv6-sandbox.opendns.com AAAA myip.opendns.com +short -6

#! Google
dig TXT +short o-o.myaddr.l.google.com @ns1.google.com | awk -F'"' '{ print $2}'

#! Akamai
dig @ns1-1.akamaitech.net ANY whoami.akamai.net +short

Linux / Unix

dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com
host myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com | grep "myip.opendns.com has" | awk '{print $4}'
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