If you’ve ever needed to know whether a physical cable is connected to a network port on your Linux system, you don’t necessarily need to be right in front of the computer or server to check. There are several methods we can use from the Linux command line in order to see if a cable is plugged into a network slot. Learn how to check a Linux physical cable connection here.
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