netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] ipneigh: add support to print brief output of neigh cache in tabular format

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:03:48 +0530
From:   Gokul Sivakumar <gokulkumar792@...il.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] ipneigh: add support to print brief
 output of neigh cache in tabular format

On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 15:09 -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> On 7/25/21 9:39 AM, Gokul Sivakumar wrote:
> > Make use of the already available brief flag and print the basic details of
> > the IPv4 or IPv6 neighbour cache in a tabular format for better readability
> > when the brief output is expected.
> > 
> > $ ip -br neigh
> > bridge0          172.16.12.100                           b0:fc:36:2f:07:43
> > bridge0          172.16.12.174                           8c:16:45:2f:bc:1c
> > bridge0          172.16.12.250                           04:d9:f5:c1:0c:74
> > bridge0          fe80::267b:9f70:745e:d54d               b0:fc:36:2f:07:43
> > bridge0          fd16:a115:6a62:0:8744:efa1:9933:2c4c    8c:16:45:2f:bc:1c
> > bridge0          fe80::6d9:f5ff:fec1:c74                 04:d9:f5:c1:0c:74
> 
> I am guessing you put the device first to be consistent with the output
> for the other 2 commands.

Yes, that was my initial thought.

> In this case I think the network address should be first then device and
> lladdr which is consistent with existing output just removing 'dev'
> keyword and flags.

I understand, will send an updated v2 patch now to print the brief output with 
columns in the order that you are suggesting.

Thanks.