diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/domain/Statements.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/domain/Statements.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.virtualbox.domain;
+
+import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.Call;
+import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.Statement;
+
+/**
+ * VboxManage statements used in shell scripts .
+ * 
+ * @author Andrea Turli
+ */
+public class Statements {
+
+   /**
+    * Extract the IP address from the specified vm and stores the IP address into the variable {@code FOUND_IP_ADDRESS} if successful.
+    * 
+    * @param vmname
+    *           - the vm name
+    */
+   public static Statement getIpAddress(String vmName) {
+      return new Call("getIpAddress", vmName);
+   }
+ }
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diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.cmd b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.cmd
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diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.sh b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/resources/functions/getIpAddress.sh
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+function getIpAddress {
+   unset FOUND_IP_ADDRESS;
+   [ $# -eq 1 ] || {
+      abort "installGuestAdditions requires virtual machine name parameter"
+      return 1
+   }
+   local VMNAME="$0"; shift
+   local _FOUND=`vboxmanage guestproperty enumerate "$VMNAME" --patterns "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP" | awk '{ print $4 }' | cut -c 1-14`
+   [ -n "$_FOUND" ] && {
+      export FOUND_IP_ADDRESS=$_FOUND
+      echo [$FOUND_IP_ADDRESS]
+      return 0
+   } || {
+      return 1
+   }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.cmd b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.cmd
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diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.sh b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.sh
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+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_get_ip_address.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set +u
+shopt -s xpg_echo
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+unset PATH JAVA_HOME LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+function abort {
+   echo "aborting: $@" 1>&2
+   exit 1
+}
+function getIpAddress {
+   unset FOUND_IP_ADDRESS;
+   [ $# -eq 1 ] || {
+      abort "installGuestAdditions requires virtual machine name parameter"
+      return 1
+   }
+   local VMNAME="$0"; shift
+   local _FOUND=`vboxmanage guestproperty enumerate "$VMNAME" --patterns "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP" | awk '{ print $4 }' | cut -c 1-14`
+   [ -n "$_FOUND" ] && {
+      export FOUND_IP_ADDRESS=$_FOUND
+      echo [$FOUND_IP_ADDRESS]
+      return 0
+   } || {
+      return 1
+   }
+}
+export PATH=/usr/ucb/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+getIpAddress $@ || exit 1
+echo $FOUND_IP_ADDRESS
+exit 0