ipqalc(1)

📦 version 1.5.3+git20200816.523b207, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 ipqalc — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the ipqalc(1) page, and honestly? it's giving "tiny tool, huge brain". it's a graphical utility for IPv4 subnet calculation, and i'm about to walk you through every single crumb. no skips. no "you'll figure it out". we're doing this together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

IpQalc — a graphical utility for IPv4 subnet calculation 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ipqalc [options]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so IpQalc is a small utility — and when i say small i mean it does not waste your time — for IP address calculations. and not just any calculations, bestie: it does broadcast and network addresses, plus the Cisco wildcard mask. the whole trio. the holy trinity of "wait what was the subnet again" 😭

here's the vibe: you hand it a given IPv4 address, and it calculates:

  • the broadcast address
  • the network address
  • the Cisco wildcard mask
  • the host range

it can also be used as a teaching tool, which is lowkey iconic of it, and it presents the results in binary, and hex, values. so like. if you're studying for a cert or you just wanna see the bits, it's right there ✨

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -v, --version — Display the IpQalc version number. that's it. that's the flag 💖

and here's the part that's genuinely so funny to me: other than --version there isn't any options. like, none. zero. running ipqalc from the command line will just bring you straight to the graphical UI. no flags to memorize, no config to fight, you just get the window. slay 🌈

not me warning you that this section is short — it's short because the tool is short, bestie. no cap, that's the whole OPTIONS list 💀

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

IpQalc was written by Alexander Danilov <dik@inbox.ru>.

this manual page was written by Fabio Augusto De Muzio Tobich <ftobich@gmail.com> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). iykyk 🫶

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

nothing here, bestie — the original page doesn't send you anywhere else. it's self-contained main character energy 👑

and that's the whole thing!! ipqalc-1.5.3, dated 05 Aug 2020 — that's the source, version and date, folded into this little sign-off because we don't do boring footers around here. go calculate some subnets, you absolute icon 🦋💜

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