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On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:09:32 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 15/01/2026 03:14, rbowman wrote:
>> He asked if there was something like 'ipconfig'.  I'm glad he didn't
>> ask why it's 'ifconfig'. That's been screwing me up for years.
> 
> Because interfaces can be used by other protocols than IP?

I'm going to assume Microsoft stole it so why change a letter? It's like \ 
versus /.  At least 'we're using / for command parameters because...' is a 
reason.