ifparse(8)

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💅 ifparse — like, the glow-up station for your interface config

okay bestie, welcome to ifparse(8) — that's section 8 of the system manager's manual, we love a system-administration moment 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ifparse — redisplay interface configuration in different formats 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ifparse [<options>...] <interfaces...>

ifparse -A|--all

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here's the vibe: ifparse is used to extract information from the interface configuration file. that's it, that's the whole job 💅

it's intended to be used to translate the interface configuration stanzas between different formats. like, it's giving translator bestie — same info, different outfit, periodt ✨

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • -a, --auto — only match interfaces that are marked as auto. picky queen behavior, honestly 👑
  • -h, --help — display supported options to ifquery. yes, it literally says ifquery in the original, don't come for me 🙈
  • -i, --interfaces FILE — use FILE as the config database 💾
  • -F, --format FORMAT — use FORMAT to determine what format to use. ifupdown and yaml-raw formats are available 🎨
  • -I, --include PATTERN — include PATTERN when matching against the config or state database 🫶
  • -U, --allow-undefined — create virtual interfaces for any interfaces not explicitly defined in the configuration file. this is primarily useful for property queries, iykyk 🔍
  • -S, --state-file FILE — use FILE as the state database 📂
  • -T, --timeout TIMEOUT — wait up to TIMEOUT seconds for executors to complete before raising an error. the patience is real, but only for TIMEOUT seconds ⏳
  • -V, --version — print the ifupdown-ng version and exit. short and iconic, we stan 💖
  • -X, --exclude PATTERN — exclude PATTERN when matching against the config or state database. not you, not you, not you 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read the whole friend group, fr fr 🌈

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

Ariadne Conill <ariadne@dereferenced.org> — thank you for your service, legend 🫶⭐

this page is from the System Manager's Manual, and the date on it is 2026-05-10 — that's the source/version energy, keep it in your notes bestie 🍓

okay that's the whole page!! you ate that, go parse some interfaces 💜🎀✨

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