debian man page for ifdata

Query: ifdata

OS: debian

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ifdata(1)																 ifdata(1)

NAME
ifdata - get network interface info without parsing ifconfig output
SYNOPSIS
ifdata [options] {iface}
DESCRIPTION
ifdata can be used to check for the existence of a network interface, or to get information abut the interface, such as its IP address. Un- like ifconfig or ip, ifdata has simple to parse output that is designed to be easily used by a shell script.
OPTIONS
-h Print out a help summary. -e Test to see if the interface exists, exit nonzero if it does not. -p Prints out the whole configuration of the interface. -pe Prints "yes" or "no" if the interface exists or not. -pa Prints the IPv4 address of the interface. -pn Prints the netmask of the interface. -pN Prints the network address of the interface. -pb Prints the broadcast address of the interface. -pm Prints the MTU of the interface. Following options are Linux only. -ph Prints the hardware address of the interface. -pf Prints the flags of the interface. -si Prints out all the input statistics of the interface. -sip Prints the number of input packets. -sib Prints the number of input bytes. -sie Prints the number of input errors. -sid Prints the number of dropped input packets. -sif Prints the number of input fifo overruns. -sic Print the number of compressed input packets. -sim Prints the number of input multicast packets. -so Prints out all the output statistics of the interface. -sop Prints the number of output packets. -sob Prints the number of output bytes. -soe Prints the number of output errors. -sod Prints the number of dropped output packets. -sof Prints the number of output fifo overruns. -sox Print the number of output collisions. -soc Prints the number of output carrier losses. -som Prints the number of output multicast packets. -bips Prints the number of bytes of incoming traffic measured in one second. -bops Prints the number of bytes of outgoing traffic measured in one second.
AUTHOR
Benjamin BAYART 2006-03-07 ifdata(1)
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