home.public.bin/bin/myip

#! /bin/bash
# script to determine my public IP address

# deal with timeouts?
#myIP=`dig +short @resolver1.opendns.com myip.opendns.com`
#myIP=`curl -s ifconfig.me`
#echo "$myIP"
#curl -s checkip.dyndns.org | sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//' 

# This works very well, and quickly !!!
# http://serverfault.com/questions/89114/finding-the-public-ip-address-in-a-shell-script
dig @resolver1.opendns.com myip.opendns.com +short
host `dig @resolver1.opendns.com myip.opendns.com +short`