From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jiri Benc Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip link/addr show: add empty line between interfaces Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 14:46:09 +0200 Message-ID: <20150907144609.3ec9f4d0@griffin> References: <1441537269-13899-1-git-send-email-felix.kaiser@fxkr.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Felix Kaiser Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:56873 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751222AbbIGMqM (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2015 08:46:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1441537269-13899-1-git-send-email-felix.kaiser@fxkr.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, 6 Sep 2015 13:01:09 +0200, Felix Kaiser wrote: > This improves the readability of the output. Or makes the readability worse by requiring more scrolling, depending on number of interfaces you have and your taste. Many users prefer the current format. Also, as sad as it is, there are scripts out there that parse ip output and I have no doubts this would break them. Jiri -- Jiri Benc