[Gllug] viewing network traffic with ip (iproute2)

[Andy Smith]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 02:27:40PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 01:21:47PM +0100, Jon wrote:
> > I can't find a way of showing the number of transmitted/received
> > bytes/packets like ifconfig does.  Could someone tell me what
> > the equivalent is using the iproute2 commands?
> 
> You need the -s (-stats) parameter.  Multiple apperances of the
> parameter increase the level of detail.
> 
>   ip -s link show dev eth0
>   ip -s -s link show dev eth0

Hehe, learn something new every day.. :)

Cheers,
Andy
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