On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Jerry Stuckle <jstuc...@attglobal.net> wrote: > On 9/20/2013 4:21 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Mi, 17 iul 13, 18:43:22, Gary Dale wrote: >>> >>> ifconfig can be used to both query and change the ip addresses of >>> network interfaces on your machine. Used with no arguments, it lists >>> all known interfaces and gives a lot of information about them. >>> >>> It's still in use in Jessie so reports of its demise may be premature. >> >> 'ip a' (short for 'ip addr') shows almost the same information, is >> available to users without using the full path and is shorter to type ;) > > Sure, it's ALMOST the same information. But it doesn't show everything > ifconfig does.
ifconfig and route are deprecated (1). If you mean by "doesn't show everything ifconfig does" that "ip a" doesn't show the TX and RX stats, then yes it doesn't, but they're of no interest in 99% of cases when running ifconfig. And you can get them with "ip -s l" if you need them. 1) http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SyspoAwY__C8ppewwutrGx5=oqw4tzgvawbv2j8qdm...@mail.gmail.com
