Running the ifconfig command with no parameters shows a lot of info about
the various interfaces. I don't see something similar with ip.
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I concur.
This, for me, provides more immediate usable info...
#ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00
inet addr:192.168.100.6 Bcast:192.168.100.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: de80::2d0:84ff:fe8d:4c4b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6443185052 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5575293917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2033485106938 (1939282.5 Mb) TX bytes:359583320199
(342925.3 Mb)
Interrupt:25
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:7666963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7666963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1663061932 (1586.0 Mb) TX bytes:1663061932 (1586.0 Mb)
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than this;
# ip addr
1: lo: