ficonfig

ifconfig beautified

Usage

Run ficonfig just like you would run ifconfig.

About

ficonfig converts this:

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	ether 00:23:df:9f:b7:02
	media: autoselect
	status: inactive
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	ether 00:24:36:b0:b7:4f
	inet6 fe80::224:36ff:feb0:b74f%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
	inet 192.168.2.101 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
	inet6 2002:d576:1d5a:1234:224:36ff:feb0:b74f prefixlen 64 autoconf
	media: autoselect
	status: active
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
	lladdr 00:23:df:ff:fe:9f:b7:02
	media: autoselect <full-duplex>
	status: inactive
vmnet8: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08
	inet 192.168.207.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.207.255
vmnet1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	ether 00:50:56:c0:00:01
	inet 192.168.58.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.58.255

to this: lo0 IP: 127.0.0.1 Mask: 0xff000000 Bcast:

gif0

stf0

en0
     HWaddr: 00:23:df:9f:b7:02

en1
     HWaddr: 00:24:36:b0:b7:4f
     IP:     192.168.2.101 Mask: 0xffffff00 Bcast: 192.168.2.255
     IPv6:   2002:d576:1d5a:1234:224:36ff:feb0:b74f

fw0
     HWaddr: 00:23:df:ff:fe:9f
     IPv6:   00:23:df:ff:fe:9f:b7:02

vmnet8
     HWaddr: 00:50:56:c0:00:08
     IP:     192.168.207.1 Mask: 0xffffff00 Bcast: 192.168.207.255

vmnet1
     HWaddr: 00:50:56:c0:00:01
     IP:     192.168.58.1 Mask: 0xffffff00 Bcast: 192.168.58.255

How

ficonfig is just a simple Ruby scripts that runs ifconfig and reformats its output.