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ip

Show / manipulate routing, network devices, interfaces and tunnels

Usage

Usage: ip [ OPTIONS ] OBJECT { COMMAND | help }
       ip [ -force ] -batch filename
where  OBJECT := { link | address | addrlabel | route | rule | neigh | ntable |
                   tunnel | tuntap | maddress | mroute | mrule | monitor | xfrm |
                   netns | l2tp | fou | macsec | tcp_metrics | token | netconf | ila |
                   vrf | sr | nexthop }

Flags

OPTIONS := { -V[ersion] | -s[tatistics] | -d[etails] | -r[esolve] |
            -h[uman-readable] | -iec | -j[son] | -p[retty] |
            -f[amily] { inet | inet6 | mpls | bridge | link } |
            -4 | -6 | -I | -D | -M | -B | -0 |
            -l[oops] { maximum-addr-flush-attempts } | -br[ief] |
            -o[neline] | -t[imestamp] | -ts[hort] | -b[atch] [filename] |
            -rc[vbuf] [size] | -n[etns] name | -N[umeric] | -a[ll] |
            -c[olor]}

Object	Abbreviated form	Purpose
`link`	`l`	Network device.
`address`	`a` / `addr`	Protocol (IP or IPv6) address on a device.
`addrlabel`	`addrl`	Label configuration for protocol address selection.
`neighbour`	`n` / `neigh`	ARP or NDISC cache entry.
`route`	`r`	Routing table entry.
`rule`	`ru`	Rule in routing policy database.
`maddress`	`m` / `maddr`	Multicast address.
`mroute`	`mr`	Multicast routing cache entry.
`tunnel`	`t`	Tunnel over IP.
`xfrm`	`x`	Framework for IPsec protocol.

For more information per object use the help flag (e.g. ip a help).

Examples

Show IPv4 addresses

$ ip -4 a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    inet 10.10.30.253/24 brd 10.10.30.255 scope global eth0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Show IPv6 addresses

$ ip -6 addr

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 state UP qlen 1000
    inet6 fe80::67c3:63c4:a12e:7f2a/64 scope link noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Show Routing Tables

$ ip r list
default via 10.10.30.254 dev eth0 proto static 
10.10.30.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.30.253

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