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/usr/bin/brctl

A utility for manipulating bridge devices

From bridge-utils 1.7.1-r8 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running brctl --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: brctl [commands]
commands:
	addbr     	<bridge>		add bridge
	delbr     	<bridge>		delete bridge
	addif     	<bridge> <device>	add interface to bridge
	delif     	<bridge> <device>	delete interface from bridge
	hairpin   	<bridge> <port> {on|off}	turn hairpin on/off
	setageing 	<bridge> <time>		set ageing time
	setbridgeprio	<bridge> <prio>		set bridge priority
	setfd     	<bridge> <time>		set bridge forward delay
	sethello  	<bridge> <time>		set hello time
	setmaxage 	<bridge> <time>		set max message age
	setpathcost	<bridge> <port> <cost>	set path cost
	setportprio	<bridge> <port> <prio>	set port priority
	show      	[ <bridge> ]		show a list of bridges
	showmacs  	<bridge>		show a list of mac addrs
	showstp   	<bridge>		show bridge stp info
	stp       	<bridge> {on|off}	turn stp on/off

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