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+title: "Public IP lookup from CloudFlare DNS"
+date: "Wed May 29 00:57:41 -0400 2024"
+category: dev
+---
+
+I wanted a quick way to grab my public IP address from the command line. I
+found that CloudFlare's DNS service allows this by looking up TXT records for
+`whoami.cloudflare`.
+
+```bash
+dig @1.1.1.1 ch txt whoami.cloudflare +short | tr -d '"'
+```