Putting IP Address into bash variable. Is there a better way

Question

I\'m trying to find a short and robust way to put my IP address into a bash variable and was curious if there was an easier way to do this. This is how I am currently doing

Answer 1

I think the most reliable answer is :

ifconfig  | grep 'inet addr:' | grep -v '127.0.0.1' | awk -F: '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' | head -1

AND

hostname  -I | awk -F" " '{print $1}'

because when you don't use head -1 it shows all ips....