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Date:      Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:19:16 GMT
From:      Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: de47f6ba4fe4 - stable/13 - ifconfig.8: Clean up -l documentation
Message-ID:  <202206290819.25T8JGP8005077@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/13 has been updated by 0mp (doc, ports committer):

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=de47f6ba4fe41839b05ce95cf6e1dd3951f7793a

commit de47f6ba4fe41839b05ce95cf6e1dd3951f7793a
Author:     Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-03-30 11:34:31 +0000
Commit:     Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-06-29 08:08:53 +0000

    ifconfig.8: Clean up -l documentation
    
    MFC after: 2 weeks
    
    (cherry picked from commit fe1e3b55f2a62d336ca9c55e00710f2ae7adf895)
---
 sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 31 ++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index c8a61b520cab..9f6674876be3 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -204,7 +204,21 @@ should be specified as later override previous ones
 may contain shell patterns in which case it should be quoted.
 .It Fl L
 Display address lifetime for IPv6 addresses as time offset string.
+.It Fl l
+List all available interfaces on the system,
+with no other additional information.
 .Pp
+If an
+.Ar address_family
+is specified, only interfaces of that type will be listed.
+.Ql ifconfig -l ether
+will list only Ethernet adapters, excluding the loopback interface.
+.Pp
+Use of this flag is mutually exclusive
+with all other flags and commands, except for
+.Fl d
+and
+.Fl u .
 .It Fl m
 Display the capability list and all
 of the supported media for the specified interface.
@@ -326,23 +340,6 @@ When no arguments are given,
 is implied.
 .Pp
 The
-.Fl l
-flag may be used to list all available interfaces on the system, with
-no other additional information.
-If an
-.Ar address_family
-is specified, only interfaces of that type will be listed.
-.Fl l Dq ether
-will list only Ethernet adapters, excluding the loopback interface.
-Use of this flag is mutually exclusive
-with all other flags and commands, except for
-.Fl d
-(only list interfaces that are down)
-and
-.Fl u
-(only list interfaces that are up).
-.Pp
-The
 .Fl v
 flag may be used to get more verbose status for an interface.
 .Pp



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