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tzhenghao/get_ip_address_v1.py

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A naive implementation to query an IP address of a machine
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get_ip_address_v1.py
from subprocess import Popen,PIPE
def get_ip_addresses():
c1 = Popen(["ip","addr"], stdout=PIPE)
addr_table = c1.communicate()[0]
addr_table = addr_table.split("\n")
index = 0
while index < len(addr_table):
if "eth0" in addr_table[index]:
break
index += 1
while index < len(addr_table):
if "inet " in addr_table[index] and "/" in addr_table[index]:
fields = addr_table[index].split("inet ")
return fields[1].split("/")[0]
index += 1
return None
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