Re: determining subnet mask using ip but not using ifconfig in debian 9.0 (stretch)

[Marc Auslander <marcslists@gmail.com>]

Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> writes:

> What is the preferred way to determine the subnet mask of your box
> using /bin/ip on debian 9.0 (stretch)?
>
> In the old days, this sort of information would come out of ifconfig,
> but it looks like debian really wants to get away from ifconfig, and i
> think use ip as a sort of replacement.
>
> So i would like to do the same thing, using ip or whatever the debian
> people think is the best practice.
>
> I tried to search for this information using google, but not very skillfully.
>
> TIA for any info.
>
> dan

On squeeze ip addr does it for me.