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Get a KVM guest's IP address
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virt-addr.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Returns the IP address of a running KVM guest VM
# Assumes a working KVM/libvirt environment
#
# Install:
# Add this bash function to your ~/.bashrc and `source ~/.bashrc`.
# Usage:
# $ virt-addr vm-name
# 192.0.2.16
#
virt-addr() {
VM="$1"
arp -an | grep "`virsh dumpxml $VM | grep "mac address" | sed "s/.*'\(.*\)'.*/\1/g"`" | awk '{ gsub(/[\(\)]/,"",$2); print $2 }'
}
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