Adding -colorauto patch to ip. It allows the behavior requested. Tested build and install on bionic. Will in parallel work on sending the patch upstream.
** Patch added: "iproute2_4.14.1-0ubuntu3.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iproute2/+bug/1691214/+attachment/5057558/+files/iproute2_4.14.1-0ubuntu3.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to iproute2 in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: iproute2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691214 Title: Consider enabling --color by default Status in iproute2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The output of ip --color a looks a lot nicer to me than ip a If you look in /etc/skel/.bashrc you can see that we already enable color for other commands: alias ls='ls --color=auto' alias grep='grep --color=auto' alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto' alias egrep='egrep --color=auto' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iproute2/+bug/1691214/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
