setip.sh

#!/bin/bash

###
###  This script simply parses ifconfig and loads a box's main IP into a shell variable
###

OS=`uname`
IP="" # store IP
case $OS in
   Linux) IP=`ifconfig  | grep 'inet addr:'| grep -v '127.0.0.1' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}' | grep 24 `;;
   FreeBSD|OpenBSD) IP=`ifconfig  | grep -E 'inet.[0-9]' | grep -v '127.0.0.1' | awk '{ print $2}'` ;;
   SunOS) IP=`ifconfig -a | grep inet | grep -v '127.0.0.1' | awk '{ print $2} '` ;;
   *) IP="Unknown";;
esac

echo $IP
export IP