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$ ip address --color Command "--color" is unknown, try "ip address help".

• matteotom 3y ago
  try > ip --color address otherwise you might just have an old version
  • manuel_w 3y ago
    That helped, thanks!
  • synergy20 3y ago
    or: ip -c -br a which is: ip --color --brief address add -4 if only ipv4
• mst 3y ago
  Some CLI apps with subcommands accept top level options anywhere in the arguments, some - like 'ip' - expect <command> <command options> <subcommand name> <subcommand options> <arguments> The advantage of that approach is that you don't have to worry about naming collisions between the command and subcommand option sets, which can be really handy - especially in applications with pluggable and/or user supplied subcommands, so you can add top level options without worrying about breaking somebody else's extensions. The disadvantage is, well, what just happened to you. (note that I personally really like the pedantic approach because it fits my brain, but I'm -not- trying to endorse it as better in general since it's very definitely a trade-off and one that often isn't a good one overall)