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Optimise a list of route prefixes to help make nice short filters

From aggregate 1.6.8-r4 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running aggregate --help (exit 1) · terse output. permalink

/usr/bin/aggregate: invalid option -- '-'
aggregate: Syntax: aggregate [-m max-length] [-o max-opt-length] [-p default-length] [-q] [-t] [-v]
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-m max-lengthSets the maximum prefix length for entries read from stdin max_length bits.man
-o max-opt-lengthSets the maximum prefix length for optimisation to max-opt-length bits.man
-p default-lengthSets the default prefix length.man
-qSets quiet mode -- instructs aggregate never to generate warning messages or other output on stderr.man
-tSilently truncate prefixes that seem to have an inconsistent prefix: e.g. an input prefix 203.97.2.226/24 would be truncated to 203.97.2.0/24.man
-vSets verbose mode.man
Exit status (1) from the manual page
0success

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