From: mrpink Date: 2007-04-19T22:10:07+09:00 Subject: [src/oneliner] Getting the IP from an external rescource in ruby Hi, just for fun I wanna share this oneliner which prints you the external IP on the screen :) require 'net/http' Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse('http://www.wieistmeineip.de')).body.scan(/^Ihre IP-Adresse ist.+/) { |ipadresse| puts ipadresse.sub(/^.+">/,'').sub(/<.+$/,'') } greets