With the following command you can output your Ipv4 protocol address(Linux-FreeBSD-Sunos):
#!/bin/sh
# Shell script scripts to read ip address
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# Get OS name
OS=`uname`
IO="" # store IP
case $OS in
Linux) IP=`ifconfig | grep 'inet addr:'| grep -v '127.0.0.1' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}'`;;
FreeBSD|OpenBSD) IP=`ifconfig | grep -E 'inet.[0-9]' | grep -v '127.0.0.1' | awk '{ print $2}'` ;;
SunOS) IP=`ifconfig -a | grep inet | grep -v '127.0.0.1' | awk '{ print $2} '` ;;
*) IP="Unknown";;
esac
echo "$IP"
