Find IP address from command line on Linux

Using ip command

ip add

example output

bob@localhost:~$ ip add
1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eno1: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 38:ea:a7:13:a4:fe brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.21/24 brd 192.168.1.1 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eno1
valid_lft 513sec preferred_lft 513sec
inet6 13ac::98fe::ae78:d1ff/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
bob@localhost:~$

ifconfig

You may need to install net-tools to use

ifconfig  

example output

bob@localhost:~$ ifconfig 
eno1: flags=4163 mtu 1500
inet 192.168.200.58 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.21
inet6 13ac::98fe::ae78:d1ff prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether b8:ac:6f:91:01:e8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 184950632 bytes 9487577263452
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 128473456 bytes 234612443785
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

Using the hostname command

hostname -I

Output is just the IP address. Example below

192.168.1.21

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