On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 2:32 AM, Andrey Rahmatullin <w...@debian.org> wrote: > > Do you really think that > > wlp3s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.** netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.** > inet6 fe80::** prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> > ether e4:**:ca txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) > RX packets 66323088 bytes 90518262611 (84.3 GiB) > RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 > TX packets 18425793 bytes 2920636610 (2.7 GiB) > TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 > > is clearer than > > 3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group > default qlen 1000 > link/ether e4:***:ca brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > inet 192.168**/24 brd 192.168.** scope global dynamic wlp3s0 > valid_lft 70216sec preferred_lft 70216sec > inet6 fe80:**/64 scope link > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > > ? > > To me they are the same. Note that ifconfig too has cryptic uppercase > jumble and cryptic lowercase jumble and doesn't have any separators > between field names and values.
Those used to ifconfig's old output might dislike its new output too: JESSIE # ifconfig en0 en0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:31:6a:8c inet addr:192.168.43.242 Bcast:192.168.43.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 # ip a sh en0 2: en0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 08:00:27:31:6a:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.43.242/24 brd 192.168.43.255 scope global en0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever STRETCH # ifconfig en0 en0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.43.242 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.43.255 ether 08:00:27:31:6a:8c txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) # ip a sh en0 2: en0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 08:00:27:31:6a:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.43.242/24 brd 192.168.43.255 scope global en0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever The stretch output's similar to the output on the BSDs and Solaris...