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Send the current IPv6 address to stdout.
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getip6
#!/bin/bash
CHECK_IP=`curl -6 -m 5 http://www.whatismyipv6.com/ 2> /dev/null | awk '/^[0-9a-f:]+<tr><td>/ { sub(/<.*/, "") }; { print $0 }' | egrep '^[0-9a-f:]+$'`
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
echo Unable to get current IP address with curl >&2
exit 100
fi
echo $CHECK_IP | sed -e 's!.*is \(.*\)</h1>.*!\1!'
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