Make new file called whatismyip.sh put the following in the file. #!/bin/bash echo Your external IP Address is: wget http://Www.whatismyip.com -O - -o /dev/null | grep '' | sed -r 's/<TITLE>WhatIsMyIP\.com \- //g' | sed -r 's/<\/TITLE>//g' exit 0 chmod +x whatismyip.sh after you save the file and run it like so ./whatismyip.sh