I often need to look up IP addresses to find out useful information such as the geo-location. This is how I do it from the command line.
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Command Line Example
From a command prompt (either CMD or Powershell) run the following command:
curl.exe ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8
More Information and Examples
You’ll notice that I used curl.exe rather than curl. This is because Powershell comes with a curl alias which I don’t like. The curl.exe is far more powerful and I prefer the output format.
If you want to get your internet facing IP address try this command:
curl.exe ipinfo.io/IP
If you get certificate errors whilst running the curl command you can use the -k command argument to override the error:
curl.exe -k ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8
Use the -v command argument for verbose output:
curl.exe -v ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8
Hope this has been useful.