[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Do we still need `-6` for `IP` command?
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       Ask HN: Do we still need `-6` for `IP` command?
        
       Seems now `ip` can do the same thing as `ip -6`, so is there any
       situation that we must use `-6` flag?
        
       Author : fernvenue
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2024-02-03 19:03 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
       | fernvenue wrote:
       | I'm gonna answer myself, sometimes we do need to add `-6` for
       | IPv6 situation, for example:
       | 
       | - `ip -6 r show`: If we don't add `-6`, we will just get the IPv4
       | route information. - `ip -6 r add`: If we don't add `-6`, when we
       | add default route or something like that, we may miss IPv6.
       | 
       | So the answer is yes, we can use `ip` without `-6` when we do
       | something for IPv6, but we still need it for specific situation.
        
       | LinuxBender wrote:
       | ip -6 route del default
       | 
       | That does something different than                   ip route del
       | default
        
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