./ipa

13 Sep, 2023

[About-Block]

I do a lot of work configuring *nix systems. A useful command is: ip a This command reads out your current 'loopback address' and the Ethernet and/or Wireless adapter(s) that you have in use. However, my most comment 'typo' is 'ipa' without the space between the 'ip' and the 'a'. The actual command is found on most-all 'Debian' based or 'Ubuntu' flavor systems.

[Instructions]

cd /usr/local/bin/
sudo vim ipa
copy the code below
enter [I] for Insert
Right-Click in the vim window & click [paste]
enter [esc] & type: :w! press [enter]
enter [esc] & type: :q! press [enter]
Depending on your system you can enter :wq! in one command
Type: sudo chmod +x ipa
Enter: cd ~/ to go to your /home directory
Enter: ip a to see the real command
Enter: ipa to see our modified command

['ipa' Source-Code]

#!/bin/bash
echo "Here's an IPA beer for you:"
echo "         _.._..,_,_"
echo "        (          )"
echo "         ]~,\"-.-~~["
echo "       .=])' (;  (["
echo "       | ]:: '    ["
echo "       '=]): .)  (["
echo "         |:: '    |"
echo "          ~~----~~"
echo "Art By: Paul Martin Howard"
echo "Cheers!"
echo "------------------------------------------------"

[CLI-Output]

@nixB0x HacktivateMindset % ./ipa
Here's an IPA beer for you:

.   
         _.._..,_,_
        (          )
         ]~,"-.-~~[
       .=])' (;  ([
       | ]:: '    [
       '=]): .)  ([
         |:: '    |
          ~~----~~

Art By: Paul Martin Howard
Cheers!
------------------------------------------------
@nixB0x HacktivateMindset %