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)
