Merge pull request #4 from ALX-SE-Algorithmia/dohoudaniel-patch-1

feat: global alias that displays user's IPv4 address

Author: dohoudaniel

Bash/displayMyIPAddress.sh

@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# A Bash script (soon to be a command) that displays my IP address
-# This script works on Ubuntu Linux
-#
-# Installing the necessary packages
-sudo apt install net-tools
-# Store the username in a variable
-user=$(whoami)
-# A variable that stores my IP address
-myIPAddress=$(ifconfig | grep "netmask" | awk '{print $2}' | grep -v "127.0.0.1" | head -n 1)
-echo ""
-echo ""
-echo "Displaying your IP address"
-sleep 2.5
-echo "Dear $user, your IP address is: $myIPAddress"
-sleep 1.25
-echo ""
-echo ""
+# echo ""
+# This Bash script creates a global alias to display my IP address, regardless of my machine
+echo "" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "# ======= My Created Aliases =======" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "#" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "# This Alias displays my IP Address with just a command: displayMyIPAddress" >> ~/.bashrc
+# echo 'alias displayMyIPAddress="echo \$(ifconfig | grep 'netmask' | awk '{print \$2}' | grep -v '127.0.0.1' | head -n 1)"' >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "alias displayMyIPAddress=\"echo Your IPv4 Address is \$(ifconfig | grep netmask | awk '{print \$2}' | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | head -n 1)\"" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "Done!"
+sleep 3
+echo "Do run this command:"
+echo "sudo source ~/.bashrc"
+echo "After doing that, run this command, to display your IP address: displayMyIPAddress"