The following command is enough for extract IP address from <code>ifconfig</code> command. It uses field separator ":" and " " (space) to cut the line into words.
<pre><code class="lang-bash">ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr' | awk -F'[: ]+' '{ print $4 }'
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The following command is enough for extract IP address from `ifconfig` command. It uses field separator ":" and " " (space) to cut the line into words.

```bash
ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr' | awk -F'[: ]+' '{ print $4 }'
```

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One-liner to Get IP Address of Interface