NCFTOOL(1)

📦 version 0.2.8, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24

💅 NCFTOOL(1) — Network Configuration, but make it cute

okay bestie so this is the ncftool page from the Network Configuration manual set, and honestly? she slays. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ncftool — Network configuration tool. that's it. that's the whole name. iconic brevity. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ncftool [command [options]]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so ncftool is a command line utility to configure networking, no cap. here's the vibe:

  • run it with no arguments and it brings up the interactive ncftool shell — like a lil chatroom but for your network interfaces 💬
  • or, if you're feeling efficient, you can specify a command and optional arguments to have ncftool execute the command non-interactively. main character energy, no small talk. ⚡

🔥 COMMANDS 🔥

list [--macs] [--all] [--inactive]

List the currently configured toplevel network interfaces. literally just showing you who's at the party 🎉

  • --macs — show MAC addresses
  • --all — show all (up & down) interfaces
  • --inactive — show only inactive (down) interfaces

dumpxml [--mac] [--live] name

Dump the XML description of an interface. the receipts, in XML form 📄✨

  • --mac — interpret the name as MAC address
  • --live — include information about the live interface
  • name — the name of the interface

define xmlfile

Define an interface from the specified XML file. give her a form to fill out and she's official 🫶

undefine iface

Remove the configuration of the specified interface. it's giving "we don't know her anymore" 💀

ifup iface

Bring up specified interface. wake up bestie, you're needed ☀️

ifdown iface

Bring down specified interface. rest era. naptime. 😴

change-begin

Mark the beginning of a set of revertible network configuration changes. like opening a group project so you can undo everything if it goes sideways 🙈

change-commit

Commit (make permanent) a set of network configuration changes begun with change-begin. ship it, periodt ✅

change-rollback

Rollback (revert) a set of network configuration changes begun with change-begin. nvm bestie, let's pretend that never happened 🔙

help [command]

Print details about command, if specified, or list all commands if command is not specified. ask and you shall receive 💖

quit

Exit the program. bye babes 👋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • interfaces (5)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with netcf. the whole squad, credited properly 💜

and that's the tea 🍓 — this was netcf version 0.2.4, dated 2014-02-24, serving NCFTOOL(1) realness from the Network Configuration section. mwah 💋✨

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