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  1. David Palma created this gist Jan 3, 2013.
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    #!/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 }'
    }