.BI local " ADDRESS " (default)
the address of the interface. The format of the address depends
on the protocol. It is a dotted quad for IP and a sequence of
-hexadecimal halfwords separated by colons for IPv6. The
+hexadecimal halfwords separated by colons for IPv6. The
.I ADDRESS
may be followed by a slash and a decimal number which encodes
the network prefix length.
Again, the
.I ADDRESS
may be followed by a slash and a decimal number, encoding the network
-prefix length. If a peer address is specified, the local address
-cannot have a prefix length. The network prefix is associated
+prefix length. If a peer address is specified, the local address
+cannot have a prefix length. The network prefix is associated
with the peer rather than with the local address.
.TP
.B '+'
and
.B '-'
-instead of the broadcast address. In this case, the broadcast address
+instead of the broadcast address. In this case, the broadcast address
is derived by setting/resetting the host bits of the interface prefix.
.TP
.B Arguments:
coincide with the arguments of
.B ip addr add.
-The device name is a required argument. The rest are optional.
+The device name is a required argument. The rest are optional.
If no arguments are given, the first address is deleted.
.SS ip address show - look at protocol addresses
.B Warning:
This command (and other
.B flush
-commands described below) is pretty dangerous. If you make a mistake,
+commands described below) is pretty dangerous. If you make a mistake,
it will not forgive it, but will cruelly purge all the addresses.
.PP
With the
.B -statistics
option, the command becomes verbose. It prints out the number of deleted
-addresses and the number of rounds made to flush the address list. If
+addresses and the number of rounds made to flush the address list. If
this option is given twice,
.B ip address flush
also dumps all the deleted addresses in the format described in the