ip: get outside ip now correct

2 years ago · 4a6b2a8514
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--- a/wiki/linux/ip.md
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@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ package - like in Ubuntu - or even another package depending on the distribution
 used.
 After installation the following command can be used to get the outside IP
 address of your system `dig +short txt ch whoami.cloudflare @1.0.0.1`.
+
+There is an alternative to this using `wget`.
+It uses a call to DuckDuckGo and requests the outside IP from there.
+The mentioned command is the following
+`wget -qqO- 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=what+is+my+ip' | grep -Pow 'Your IP address is \K[0-9.]+'`.