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Code:

~#ip link show eth0

2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000

    link/ether 00:1d:60:ea:30:32 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I would add that you can look at 'man ip';

Quote:

excerpt from 'man ip';

SYNOPSIS
ip [ OPTIONS ] OBJECT { COMMAND | help }

OBJECT := { link | addr | addrlabel | route | rule | neigh | tunnel |
maddr | mroute | monitor }

OPTIONS := { -V[ersion] | -s[tatistics] | -r[esolve] | -f[amily] { inet
| inet6 | ipx | dnet | link } | -o[neline] }

ip link set DEVICE { up | down | arp { on | off } |
promisc { on | off } |
allmulticast { on | off } |
dynamic { on | off } |
multicast { on | off } |
txqueuelen PACKETS |
name NEWNAME |
address LLADDR | broadcast LLADDR |
mtu MTU |
netns PID }

ip link show [ DEVICE ]

ip addr { add | del } IFADDR dev STRING

ip addr { show | flush } [ dev STRING ] [ scope SCOPE-ID ] [ to PREFIX
] [ FLAG-LIST ] [ label PATTERN ]

IFADDR := PREFIX | ADDR peer PREFIX [ broadcast ADDR ] [ anycast ADDR ]
[ label STRING ] [ scope SCOPE-ID ]

SCOPE-ID := [ host | link | global | NUMBER ]

FLAG-LIST := [ FLAG-LIST ] FLAG

FLAG := [ permanent | dynamic | secondary | primary | tentative | dep-
recated ]

ip addrlabel { add | del } prefix PREFIX [ dev DEV ] [ label NUMBER ]

ip addrlabel { list | flush }

ip route { list | flush } SELECTOR

ip route get ADDRESS [ from ADDRESS iif STRING ] [ oif STRING ] [ tos
TOS ]

ip route { add | del | change | append | replace | monitor } ROUTE

SELECTOR := [ root PREFIX ] [ match PREFIX ] [ exact PREFIX ] [ table
TABLE_ID ] [ proto RTPROTO ] [ type TYPE ] [ scope SCOPE ]

TYPE := [ unicast | local | broadcast | multicast | throw | unreachable
| prohibit | blackhole | nat ]

TABLE_ID := [ local| main | default | all | NUMBER ]

SCOPE := [ host | link | global | NUMBER ]

FLAGS := [ equalize ]

NHFLAGS := [ onlink | pervasive ]

RTPROTO := [ kernel | boot | static | NUMBER ]

ip rule [ list | add | del | flush ] SELECTOR ACTION

SELECTOR := [ from PREFIX ] [ to PREFIX ] [ tos TOS ] [ fwmark
FWMARK[/MASK] ] [ dev STRING ] [ pref NUMBER ]

ACTION := [ table TABLE_ID ] [ nat ADDRESS ] [ prohibit | reject |
unreachable ] [ realms [SRCREALM/]DSTREALM ]

TABLE_ID := [ local | main | default | NUMBER ]

ip neigh { add | del | change | replace } { ADDR [ lladdr LLADDR ] [
nud { permanent | noarp | stale | reachable } ] | proxy ADDR }
[ dev DEV ]

ip neigh { show | flush } [ to PREFIX ] [ dev DEV ] [ nud STATE ]

ip tunnel { add | change | del | show } [ NAME ]
[ mode MODE ] [ remote ADDR ] [ local ADDR ]
[ [i|o]seq ] [ [i|o]key KEY ] [ [i|o]csum ] ]
[ encaplimit ELIM ] [ ttl TTL ]
[ tos TOS ] [ flowlabel FLOWLABEL ]
[ [no]pmtudisc ] [ dev PHYS_DEV ] [ dscp inherit ]

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