ifconfig output: ipv4 netmask format

[Mike Oliver]

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 08:08, Sergey Vinogradov <boogie at lazybytes.org> wrote:
> Hi, hackers.
> I have a question: why ipv4 netmask is displayed by ifconfig in hex format?
> Isn't dot-decimal notation more human-readable? Will the attached patch
> break something in the very bad way?

Who's using IPv4 anymore?  ;-)

Seriously though, if you give a small amount of time to learning the
hex -> binary translations then you would see how convenient it is to
use hex rather than decimal when representing what are ultimately
binary numbers.

See this blog entry by Jeff Doyle...

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/how-are-your-hexadecimal-skills


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