[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] coreutils-8.12-2, initscripts-2011.06.3-1, net-tools-1.60-16, udev-171-2, yp-tools-2.12-2, ypbind-mt-1.33-2, iproute2-2.6.38-3

[Tom Gundersen]

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Mauro Santos <registo.mailling at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07-06-2011 22:46, Patrick Burroughs wrote:
>
>> The new replacement for ifconfig is 'ip'; 'ip link show' is equivalent
>> to the old 'ifconfig', without arguments.
>
> I don't see the current assigned IP when doing 'ip link show' so I don't
> see how that is equivalent to using only ifconfig without arguments.
>
> As a side note, at first glance it seems 'ip' needs a lot more typing
> than ifconfig needs, at least for the stuff I use more often.

You should use just use "ip addr" rather than "ifconfig" (which saves
you one character ;-) ).

-t