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man: ip-address, ip-link: Document 'type' quirk 

This covers the fact that calling 'ip {link|addr} show type foobar' does
not return an error.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
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Phil Sutter 2016-06-24 12:14:23 +02:00 committed by Stephen Hemminger
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@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ only list interfaces enslaved to this master device.
.BI type " TYPE"
only list interfaces of the given type.
Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types -
instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned
interface list by comparing it with the relevant attribute in case the kernel
didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty
output.
.TP
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only list running interfaces.

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man/man8/ip-link.8.in
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@ -1242,6 +1242,12 @@ specifies the master device which enslaves devices to show.
.I TYPE
specifies the type of devices to show.
Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types -
instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned
interface list by comparing it with the relevant attribute in case the kernel
didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty
output.
.SS ip link help - display help
.PP