IP address in prompt using .bashrc

nitin09 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-26-2008

I know to display hostname, username .... etc in command prompt using .bashrc. But what i want is to display IP of the system in prompt.

Any way to do it ?

jaduks · #2 (**permalink**) 01-26-2008

Code:

PS1=`/sbin/ifconfig | sed '/Bcast/!d' | awk '{print $2}' | awk '{print $2}' FS=":"`$

//Jadu

nitin09 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-26-2008

Thanks Jadu !
my awk version

ifconfig|grep Bcast|awk ' { print $2 }'|awk -F":" ' { print $2 }'

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