On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:00:02 +0200
Christoph Badura <bad%bsd.de@localhost> wrote:
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 09:50:24PM -0500, David Young wrote:
> I was just reminded what improvements can be made to ifconfig
output
> when I read this ifconfig output that appeared on current-users
today:
I gather there are two crucial points to your proposal:
- you want to display interface configuration information in a more
format more friendly to humans.
- you don't want to remember to have to use a special command line
flag.
Others have pointed out that changing ifconfig's default output
format
is problematic.
But there is an easy alternative. Produce the new format under a
different name. You could call it "ifinfo". It's even shorter to
type.
--chris
I do not know what you are arguing all the time about.
Some of you seen the GNU/Linux "ip" command? Maybe a good improvement
of ifconfig
could look like a combination of the Linux "ip" and "iw" commands.