"bounce" a nic in one command?

[Phillip Susi]

Combine the two commands into a single pipeline:

ifdown ; ifup <enter>

You will still loose connection if you changed the address, but if all 
goes well, you should be able to reconnect right away.  If all does not 
go well, I hope you have a backup plan for regaining control of the 
machine.

Senectus . wrote:
> I've just altered the IP settings for a NIC in a remote PC (from DHCP
> to Static), I want to do an ifdown eth0 then an ifup eth0 but If I do
> an ifdown I'll immediately lose my connection and not be able to get
> back to it remotely.
> So is there a was to automate the ifup eth0 ? a one line command maybe?
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