The
.B ip
utility can monitor the state of devices, addresses
-and routes continuously. This option has a slightly different format.
+and routes continuously. This option has a slightly different format.
Namely, the
.B monitor
command is the first in the command line and then the object list follows:
should contain RTNETLINK messages saved in binary format.
Such a file can be generated with the
.B rtmon
-utility. This utility has a command line syntax similar to
+utility. This utility has a command line syntax similar to
.BR "ip monitor" .
Ideally,
.B rtmon