ip-stats
Show network device statistics
TLDR
Show all interface statistics across all network devices
Show statistics for a specific network interface
Show link-layer statistics (same as ip -statistics link show)
Show hardware offload statistics for all devices
Show offload statistics for a specific interface
Show a specific offload subgroup
Show address-family specific statistics (e.g. MPLS)
Enable Layer 3 hardware statistics collection on a device
SYNOPSIS
ip-stats [OPTIONS] [INTERFACE]
PARAMETERS
-h, --help
Display help message and exit
-i, --interface=IFACE
Specify network interface for stats (if supported)
-r, --reset
Reset statistics counters (requires privileges)
-v, --verbose
Increase output verbosity
DESCRIPTION
The ip-stats command is not a recognized standard utility in mainstream Linux distributions or the iproute2 package. It may refer to a custom script, third-party tool, or a misremembered syntax for displaying network interface and IP protocol statistics. In standard Linux, similar functionality is provided by options like ip -s link show for interface stats, nstat for general network counters, or parsing files like /proc/net/netstat and /proc/net/snmp which contain detailed IP, TCP, UDP, and ICMP statistics from the kernel.
These kernel stats include packets received/sent, errors, drops, and fragments for IPv4/IPv6. For example, ip -s appends statistics to commands like ip -s addr or ip -s neigh. Tools like ss -s give socket summaries, while netstat -s (deprecated) or sar -n provide historical data. If ip-stats exists in a specific environment (e.g., embedded systems or custom networking suites), it likely dumps cumulative or per-interface IP traffic metrics for monitoring and troubleshooting network performance issues such as high error rates or packet loss.
Users seeking IP stats should verify with man ip or install iproute2 for robust alternatives.
CAVEATS
Not a standard Linux command; likely custom or erroneous. Use ip -s, nstat instead. Requires root for some operations. Stats may not persist across reboots.
KERNEL FILES
Raw stats in /proc/net/netstat, /proc/net/snmp, /proc/net/netstat for IP/TCP/UDP metrics.
ALTERNATIVES
watch -n1 'ip -s link show' for real-time monitoring; vnstat for traffic accounting.
HISTORY
No official history as non-standard. IP stats exposure via /proc/net since Linux 2.2; iproute2 stats options added around 2001 with kernel netlink support.
