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(usagi-users 01934) Re: Rearranging the entries of "if_inet6" file.


--On Wednesday, November 06, 2002 03:22:24 PM +0530 Sijo Mathew
<sijo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, thanks for the reply.
> One more question.
> How can I rearrange the entries of the "if_inet6" file found in
> "/proc/net" folder of linux machine.
> The entry is,
> 
> 00000000000000000000000000000001 01 80 10 80       lo
> fe800000000000000250bafffe8c9b65 02 0a 20 80     eth0
> 
> I have to reverse the order of the entries.
> I tried both the "ifconfig" and "ip" programs comes with Linux.
> I have deleted both of the entries and added them in both order.
> But the local loop entry always comes first. But I need the
> ethernet entry first and local loop
> entry as second. How can I do it....?

Why?

Try usage of "sort", it's a powerful tool, see manpage for specifying
fields for sort key.

        Peter
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Dr. Peter Bieringer
mailto: pb at bieringer dot de
http://www.bieringer.de/pb/
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