Use the ifparse command to parse the ifconfig(1M) command line options and output substrings, one per line, as appropriate. If no options are specified, ifparse returns the entire ifconfig command line as a series of substrings, one per line.

The ifparse command supports the following options:

-f

Lists only substrings of the ifconfig command line that are relevant to IP network multipath failover

-s

Lists only substrings of the ifconfig command line that are not relevant to IP network multipath failover

The ifparse command does not support the interface operand of the ifconfig command.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ifconfig(1M), attributes(5)

usage: -fs <addr_family> <commands>

This message indicates an invalid command line.

ifparse: Not enough space

This message indicates insufficient memory.

ifparse: dhcp not supported for inet6

DHCP operations are not supported for the inet6 address family.

ifparse: Operation <operation> not supported for <addr_family>

Most operations cannot be used with all address families. For example, the broadcast operation is not supported on the inet6 address family.

ifparse: no argument for <operation>

Some operations, for example broadcast, require an argument.

The ifparse command is classified as an obsolete interface. It will likely be removed in a future release. You should not develop applications that depend upon this interface.