improve ifconfig(8) man page by describing special behaviour of -l ether
PR: docs/187644 Submitted by: Andrew Merenbach (original patch) Approved by: bcr (mentor)
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@ -169,6 +169,18 @@ and
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.Dq lladdr
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are synonyms for
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.Dq link .
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When using the
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.Fl l
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flag, the
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.Dq ether
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address family has special meaning and is no longer synonymous with
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.Dq link
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or
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.Dq lladdr .
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Specifying
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.Fl l Dq ether
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will list only ethernet interfaces, excluding all other interface types,
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including the loopback interface.
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.It Ar dest_address
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Specify the address of the correspondent on the other end
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of a point to point link.
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@ -2554,6 +2566,11 @@ The
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.Fl l
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flag may be used to list all available interfaces on the system, with
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no other additional information.
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If an
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.Ar address_family
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is specified, only interfaces of that type will be listed.
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.Fl l Dq ether
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will list only ethernet adapters, excluding the loopback interface.
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Use of this flag is mutually exclusive
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with all other flags and commands, except for
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.Fl d
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