Simple way to find external IP from command line

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This is nice work, thanks for sharing

I like this!

I decided to expand on the idea a little by creating a small batch file (which makes it particularity useful to add to ScreenConnect's toolbox):

FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%A IN ('nslookup myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com') DO IF "%%A"=="Address:" SET EXTIP=%%B
set /p=%EXTIP%<NUL|clip
msg * /time:5 "The external IP ("%EXTIP%") has been copied to the clipboard."

The batch file extracts just the relevant IP address, copies it to the clipboard then displays a message (for a predefined number of seconds):