How To Find My Public IP Address

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Use dig command for determining my public IP address: 

dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

Store my IP address in a shell variable with the following syntax: 

myip="$(dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com)"
echo "My WAN/Public IP address: ${myip}"
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