From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:15:04 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >   
   >> Richard Kettlewell wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >>   
   >>> c186282  writes:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>   
   >>> ifconfig omits quite basic information. For example it misses out most   
   >>> of the IPv4 addresses.   
   >>>   
   >>>     $ ifconfig br0   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>>     $ ip addr show br0   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>> It also doesn’t seem to know about bridge membership:   
   >>>   
   >>>     $ ip addr show eno1.1   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>   
   >> Don't forget to mention that ip addr has nice color coding :-)   
   >   
   > I suppose it would help if I knew what 'inet6   
   > 2600:100e:b036:72f8:38ba:e736:ff86:ba23/64 scope global deprecated dynamic   
   > mngtmpaddr noprefixroute'   
   >   
   > is telling me or, for that matter what ifconfig's entry means.   
      
   That's on you, bro. Educate yourself.  :-)   
      
   > inet6 2600:100e:b036:72f8:38ba:e736:ff86:ba23  prefixlen 64  scopeid   
   > 0x0   
   >   
   > I'm not a network admin and it's all noise to me. '-h' and '-p' are the   
   > same although 'j' does emit json.   
      
   I used to know a lot of this stuff (training and all), but haven't   
   used it in years.   
      
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