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Re:Wikipedia Lost 3B Organic Search Visits to Google in 2019 by psexec on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:28PM (#23479713)
> what is my ip

    alias my-ip='dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com'
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Re:Wikipedia Lost 3B Organic Search Visits to Google in 2019 by reaperducer on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:45PM (#23479914)
Awesome. Now try it at a client's off-site location with hardware and terminal locked down by someone else's IT department while you're trying to troubleshoot their connection.
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Re:Wikipedia Lost 3B Organic Search Visits to Google in 2019 by saagarjha on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @02:17PM (#23480303)
Or your mobile device…
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Re:Wikipedia Lost 3B Organic Search Visits to Google in 2019 by machello13 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:25PM (#23481013)
is this a serious comment? it reads like satire of an HN comment
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Re:Wikipedia Lost 3B Organic Search Visits to Google in 2019 by olq on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:33PM (#23482408)
I for one found this very useful
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Re:Wikipedia Lost 3B Organic Search Visits to Google in 2019 by machello13 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:50PM (#23482559)
Sure, it's a good command to know, but completely apropos of nothing. A command line alias is not at all an alternative to typing "what's my IP" into google, something that even my mom could do.
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Re:Wikipedia Lost 3B Organic Search Visits to Google in 2019 by bacondude3 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @07:15PM (#23483287)
Easier:

    $ curl icanhazip.com
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