ifquery - query interface configuration and state
ifquery [<options>...]
<interfaces...>
ifquery -L|--list
ifquery -s|--state
ifquery is used to extract information from the interface
configuration file. It can also be used to convert from old versions of the
interface configuration file to the current format.
-a, --auto
Only match interfaces that are marked as
auto.
-h, --help
Display supported options to ifquery.
-i, --interfaces FILE
Use FILE as the config database.
-p, --property PROPERTY
Print the values of matching properties for an
interface.
-r, --running
Print the interface names that are marked as running in
the state database.
-s, --state
Query the state database instead of the config
database.
-D, --dot
Generate a dependency graph that can be used with
GraphViz
dot(1). Used with
--list.
-I, --include PATTERN
Include PATTERN when matching against the config
or state database.
-L, --list
List interfaces which exist in the configuration
database.
-P, --pretty-print
When listing interfaces, print their configuration in a
format that is compatible with
interfaces(5) files.
-U, --allow-undefined
Create virtual interfaces for any interfaces not
explicitly defined in the configuration file. This is primarily useful for
property queries.
-S, --state-file FILE
Use FILE as the state database.
-V, --version
Print the ifupdown-ng version and exit.
-X, --exclude PATTERN
Exclude PATTERN when matching against the config
or state database.
Ariadne Conill <ariadne@dereferenced.org>