A Cleaner Display of Your IP in Windows

If you’re like me, you constantly need your IP in Windows. When working with network interfaces and multiple servers, I find myself checking my IP a lot.

I built a little utility for myself that only shows the IP addresses on the host, rather than typing ipconfig and getting a long list, I can simply type “ip” and it will only show IP addresses.

C++ Version of the Tool

The following compiles with GCC for Windows, and probably a lot of other compilers as well. This utility is standalone and only needs to be copied into a folder within your path.

Create a file called ip.cpp and add the following:

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#include <iostream> #include <stdio.h> #include <typeinfo> using namespace std; int main() { FILE *dir; char direntry[80]; dir = popen("ipconfig", "r"); while (!feof(dir)) { fgets(direntry, sizeof(direntry), dir); string output = direntry; if ((output.find("IP") != string::npos)) { cout << direntry << "\n"; } } return 0; }

This simple executable will cut down your time by only showing the information you need at the time. I hope this helps someone.

C# Version of the Tool

I have also created a C# version of this tool, but it requires the .NET framework to be installed. Create a file called IP.cs with the following code:

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using System; namespace iptools { class ip { static void Main(string[] args) { //Create process System.Diagnostics.Process pProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); //the command we want to run pProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "ipconfig"; // we don't want this to output the original command pProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; //Set output of program to be written to process output stream pProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true; //Start the process pProcess.Start(); //Get program output string strOutput = pProcess.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd(); // split it by line string[] ourText = strOutput.Split('\n'); Console.WriteLine("\n\n"); foreach (string line in ourText) { if (line.Contains("IP")) { Console.WriteLine(line + "\n"); } } // close the process pProcess.Close(); } } }

Compile this file from the command line (csc ip.cs) and it’s ready!

Summary

These files both provide a simple executable to output your ip address where you can read it quickly. If you have multiple adapters they will show up as well.

I hope this helps!