ifconfig

How to get TX/RX bytes without ifconfig?

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Another option is to use the /proc filesystem. The /proc/net/dev file contains statistics about the configured network interfaces. Each line is dedicated to one network interface and it contains statistics for receive and transmit. The statistics include metrics such total number of received/transmittted bytes, packets, drops, errors and so on. cat /proc/net/dev Inter-| Receive | … Read more

Should I quit using Ifconfig?

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Quoting Thomas Pircher‘s website (cc-by-sa): ifconfig vs ip The command /bin/ip has been around for some time now. But people continue using the older command /sbin/ifconfig. Let’s be clear: ifconfig will not quickly go away, but its newer version, ip, is more powerful and will eventually replace it. The man page of ip may look … Read more