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		gsich on May 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There are real reasons for Linux to replace ifconf... ifc TAB ENTER is just so much faster then ip addr.

WonkeyMonkey on May 25, 2018 [–]

I'm still used to typing ifconfig just out of muscle memory, but ip seems to very loosely match

"ip a" will be matched the same as "ip addr" or "ip address"

Learning that made me much more accepting of the new command

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