Get external IP address from Linux Shell / Command Line (CLI)

The simplest way to get your external IP from linux shell or from linux command line is to use the following command:


wget http://ipecho.net/plain -O - -q ; echo


Once executed you should simply get an output like this:

123.124.125.126

If you don't have wget installed yet you can install it like this:

apt-get update; apt-get install wget