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            "text": "# ifcfg(8) (man)\n\n**Summary:** ifcfg - simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP management\n\n**Synopsis:** ifcfg [ DEVICE ] [ command ] ADDRESS [ PEER ]\n\n## Section Outline\n\n- **NAME** (2 lines)\n- **SYNOPSIS** (4 lines)\n- **DESCRIPTION** (8 lines)\n- **IFCONFIG - COMMAND SYNTAX** (3 lines) — 1 subsections\n  - command (10 lines)\n- **NOTES** (3 lines)\n- **SEE ALSO** (5 lines)\n\n## Full Content\n\n### NAME\n\nifcfg - simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP management\n\n### SYNOPSIS\n\nifcfg [ DEVICE ] [ command ] ADDRESS [ PEER ]\n\n### DESCRIPTION\n\nThis manual page documents briefly the ifcfg command.\n\nThis is a simplistic script replacing one option of ifconfig , namely, IP address management.\nIt not only adds addresses, but also carries out Duplicate Address Detection RFC-DHCP, sends\nunsolicited ARP to update the caches of other hosts sharing the interface, adds some control\nroutes and restarts Router Discovery when it is necessary.\n\n### IFCONFIG - COMMAND SYNTAX\n\nDEVICE - it may have alias, suffix, separated by colon.\n\n#### command\n\n- add, delete or stop.\n\n\nADDRESS\n- optionally followed by prefix length.\n\n\npeer   - optional peer address for pointpoint interfaces.\n\n### NOTES\n\nThis script is not suitable for use with IPv6.\n\n### SEE ALSO\n\nIP Command reference ip-cref.ps\n\n\n\niproute2                                  September 24 2009                                 IFCFG(8)\n\n"
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