From 6a78ef97b6c0078438337ce6b2707358a0e403ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Sutter Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 11:07:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: ip.8: Document -brief flag Brief output is especially useful for new users, so at least mention it's existence in ip man page. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter --- man/man8/ip.8 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/man8/ip.8 b/man/man8/ip.8 index 1c5a7419..ae018fdf 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip.8 +++ b/man/man8/ip.8 @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ ip \- show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels \fB\-ts\fR[\fIhort\fR] | \fB\-n\fR[\fIetns\fR] name | \fB\-a\fR[\fIll\fR] | -\fB\-c\fR[\fIolor\fR] } +\fB\-c\fR[\fIolor\fR] +\fB\-br\fR[\fIief\fR] } .SH OPTIONS @@ -206,6 +207,11 @@ Set the netlink socket receive buffer size, defaults to 1MB. .BR "\-iec" print human readable rates in IEC units (e.g. 1Ki = 1024). +.TP +.BR "\-br" , "\-brief" +Print only basic information in a tabular format for better readability. This option is currently only supported by +.BR "ip addr show " and " ip link show " commands. + .SH IP - COMMAND SYNTAX .SS