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 ;) Kind regards, Andrei
Sure, it's ALMOST the same information. But it doesn't show everything ifconfig does.
As for shorter to type - 8 characters vs. 4 characters? Jerry