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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:01:28 UTC
The branch main has been updated by 0mp (doc, ports committer):
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=fe1e3b55f2a62d336ca9c55e00710f2ae7adf895
commit fe1e3b55f2a62d336ca9c55e00710f2ae7adf895
Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-03-30 11:34:31 +0000
Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-03-30 12:58:35 +0000
ifconfig.8: Clean up -l documentation
MFC after: 2 weeks
---
sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 31 ++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index f4c8570ef774..ccc20e29cdc3 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -204,7 +204,21 @@ should be specified as later override previous ones
may contain shell patterns in which case it should be quoted.
.It Fl L
Display address lifetime for IPv6 addresses as time offset string.
+.It Fl l
+List all available interfaces on the system,
+with no other additional information.
.Pp
+If an
+.Ar address_family
+is specified, only interfaces of that type will be listed.
+.Ql ifconfig -l ether
+will list only Ethernet adapters, excluding the loopback interface.
+.Pp
+Use of this flag is mutually exclusive
+with all other flags and commands, except for
+.Fl d
+and
+.Fl u .
.It Fl m
Display the capability list and all
of the supported media for the specified interface.
@@ -326,23 +340,6 @@ When no arguments are given,
is implied.
.Pp
The
-.Fl l
-flag may be used to list all available interfaces on the system, with
-no other additional information.
-If an
-.Ar address_family
-is specified, only interfaces of that type will be listed.
-.Fl l Dq ether
-will list only Ethernet adapters, excluding the loopback interface.
-Use of this flag is mutually exclusive
-with all other flags and commands, except for
-.Fl d
-(only list interfaces that are down)
-and
-.Fl u
-(only list interfaces that are up).
-.Pp
-The
.Fl v
flag may be used to get more verbose status for an interface.
.Pp