> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to use the nmcli command to cough up
> (a highly technical term) the connected state on
> a particular network interface.
>
> According to the man page:
>
>      nmcli device {status | show | set | connect | reapply
>                   | modify | disconnect | delete | monitor |
>                   wifi | lldp}  [ARGUMENTS...]
> ...
>
>      status
>          Print status of devices.
>
>          This is the default action if no command is
>          specified to nmcli device.
>
> So here goes without the device:
>
>      $ nmcli device status
>      DEVICE      TYPE      STATE        CONNECTION
>      br0         bridge    connected    System br0
>      virbr0      bridge    connected    virbr0
>      eno2        ethernet  connected    eno2
>      eno1        ethernet  unavailable  --
>      lo          loopback  unmanaged    --
>      virbr0-nic  tun       unmanaged    --
>
> So far so good.
>
> Now the specify as "specified" device:
>
>      $ nmcli device status eno2
>       Error: invalid extra argument 'eno2'.
>
> Okay, what am I doing wrong/misreading?
>
> Yes, I know I can use grep and awk.  I will be
> using Raku though:
>
>       $ nmcli device status | raku -ne 'for $_.lines -> $I
>         { if $I.contains( "connected" & "eno2" )
>         { say "connected"; last }}'
>
>       connected
>
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>
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use show (instead of status)

Try this:

nmcli device show eno2

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