PIFCONFIG(8)

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💖 PIFCONFIG(8) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because pifconfig is here and she's literally the python glow-up of ifconfig 💅 the manual name is pifconfig and she's a section 8 girlie (system administration, iykyk) 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pifconfig — display information about a network interface 🌐

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pifconfig [INTERFACE [INTERFACE [INTERFACE] ...]]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this script mimics ifconfig behavior but — and this is the part that makes her main character — she's written purely in python and the python module ethtool 🐍✨ no compiled chaos, just vibes and python, fr fr

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • INTERFACE — shows you the tea ☕ about only the interfaces you listed. If you give her no interface at all? She displays all interfaces, no cap 👑
  • -h, --help — show help message and exit. iconic behavior, she's helpful and she knows it 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • ifconfig(8) — the OG. the blueprint. the inspiration. she could never be her but she's doing her best 🥹

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 💜
  • Man page written by Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com>, David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com> 🌟
lowkey if you're reading this man page at 2am trying to figure out why your interface is acting up, you got this bestie 💖 vibe check passed, now go configure something gorgeous ✨

this page was living her best life as PIFCONFIG(8) on 07/10/2026 — go off, timestamp, slay 🌈🎀

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