#!/usr/bin/env bash # there are a few different ways to resolve public-ip, # keep trying until we get a result # device address address=$(ip -6 addr list scope global | grep -v ' fc' | grep -v ' fd' | sed -n 's/.*inet6 \([0-9a-f:]\+\).*/\1/p' | head -n 1) # dig if [[ -z "${address}" ]] && [[ -n $(command -v 'dig') ]]; then # via opendns address=$(dig '@resolver1.opendns.com' -6 'myip.opendns.com' AAAA '+short') if [[ "$?" -ne '0' ]]; then # dig was unsuccessful echo "${address}" 1>&2 address='' fi fi # curl if [[ -z "${address}" ]] && [[ -n $(command -v 'curl') ]]; then # via ipinfo.io address=$(curl -6 --fail --silent --show-error 'https://v6.ipinfo.io/ip') if [[ -z "${address}" ]]; then # via google address=$(curl -6 --fail --silent --show-error 'https://domains.google.com/checkip') fi fi # wget if [[ -z "${address}" ]] && [[ -n $(command -v 'wget') ]]; then # via ipinfo.io address=$(wget -6 --quiet --output-document - 'https://v6.ipinfo.io/ip') if [[ -z "${address}" ]]; then # via google address=$(wget -6 --quiet --output-document - 'https://domains.google.com/checkip') fi fi if [[ -n "${address}" ]]; then echo "${address}" else echo 'Tried everything, unable to resolve IP address.' 1>&2 fi