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submitted 3 days ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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Still using these obsolete Linux commands? They might be popular from the olden days but perhaps it is time to look for alternatives.

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 days ago

I just do ip a. It doesn't show packet counts or errors, but it has everything else and more.

[-] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 days ago

The "and more" part is the problem for me.

[-] elmicha@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

I got used to ip --br a recently.

[-] ken@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

ip -br a, even

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