Package: net-tools
Version: 1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/share/man/man8/ifconfig.8.gz

The man page should mention:

# ifconfig -a

        inet 192.168.0.8  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.0.255
How to zap   ^^^^^^^^^^^ #Yes, use 0.0.0.0, but say so more clearly.

        inet6 fe80::692:26ff:fed7:a6da  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
How to zap    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ # and without having to specify the 
current address

        RX packets 14077  bytes 16864723 (16.0 MiB)
How to clear       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ etc. totals

Also mention how to make the device just like it was at boot:

enp7s0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 04:92:26:d7:a6:da  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Yes a Google search has some answers, but the man page should say them. Thanks.

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