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It's pretty clear that ip is the superior and more modern tool, i believe they could work on the presentation layer of the software tho... its output pales comp
by fb03 8y ago
It's pretty clear that ip is the superior and more modern tool, i believe they could work on the presentation layer of the software tho... its output pales compared to ifconfig, as other peers have stated.
that's what really gives us grumpy old sysadmins the kneejerk reactions. every time i log into a system and i have to tipo "ip a" i need to stop and try to slowly decode the unformatted soup letter that is presented instead of a nicelly formatted table like on ifconfig.
- sverige 8y agoI hear this argument a lot: this or that is the "more modern tool." The problem is I almost never see the benefits in the same way I can tell how, say, a battery-powered nail gun is superior to hammering hand-held nails. Usually it's just a hammer with a cross peen instead of a claw, painted a different color.