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		vacri on Jan 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin sp... 'ip addr show dev eth0' will show you the cruft just for eth0, but I'm not sure if there's a way to limit it to just listing the ipv4 or v6 addresses.

mrud on Jan 28, 2012 [–]

just add -4 or -6:

  ip -4 addr show dev eth0 or ip -6 a s eth0

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