Edit: nm-ifup

#!/bin/bash CONFIG="$1" if [ -z "${CONFIG}" ] ; then echo $"Usage: ifup <device name>" >&2 exit 1 fi usage_and_fail() { cat <<EOF >&2 $1! See all profiles with \`nmcli connection\`. Reload files from disk with \`nmcli connection reload\` Activate the desired profile with \`nmcli connection up \"\$NAME\"\` EOF exit 1 } OLD_IFS="$IFS" re='^/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-[^/]+$' for f in "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$CONFIG" "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/$CONFIG" ; do [[ "$f" =~ $re ]] || continue [ -f "$f" ] || continue nmcli connection load "$f" \ && nmcli connection up filename "$f" \ && exit 0 usage_and_fail "Failure to activate file \"$CONFIG\"" done IFS=$'\n ' UUIDS=( $(nmcli -g connection.uuid connection show "$CONFIG" 2>/dev/null) ) IFS="$OLD_IFS" if [ "${#UUIDS[@]}" -eq 1 ] ; then nmcli connection up uuid "${UUIDS[0]}" \ && exit 0 usage_and_fail "Failure to activate profile \"$CONFIG\" (uuid ${UUIDS[0]})" fi usage_and_fail "No suitable profile \"$CONFIG\" found"