INETMASK(1)

✨ INETMASK(1) ✨

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're reading a General Commands Manual page and it's a short one but it's iconic 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

inetmask — ask for the netmask via ICMP

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So, real talk: this manual page is a brief little summary of the inetmask command. Nothing extra, nothing fluffed. 💖

And here's the tea: this page was written for the Debian distribution specifically, because the original program straight up does not have a manual page. Not one. So this is basically the only official-ish writeup you're getting, and you're getting it from us. 🫶

What does inetmask actually do? It asks for the netmask by ICMP. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 🌈

Usage goes like this:

inetmask -d destination -t timeout

Like, <pink>destination</pink> is where you're asking, and <pink>timeout</pink> is how long you're willing to wait around for an answer. Simple. Elegant. Lowkey iconic. ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Vince Mulhollon <vlm@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but bestie, it may be used by others too. Generous of him, honestly. 🦋

and that's the whole page!! a tiny little bop from the General Commands Manual, dated January 21, 2003, so it's giving vintage and we love her for it. mwah 💜