Print IP of local machine

getMyIP

#!/bin/bash

getMyIP() {
    local _ip _line
    while IFS=$': \t' read -a _line ;do
        [ -z "${_line%inet}" ] &&
           _ip=${_line[${#_line[1]}>4?1:2]} &&
           [ "${_ip#127.0.0.1}" ] && echo $_ip && return 0
      done< <(LANG=C /sbin/ifconfig)
}

getMyIP