nmcli

• First the service must be enabled systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
• nm-connection-editor to open GUI

# general connection status
nmcli

device

• Devices
• wlp5s0
• wg0
• lo
• etc

# Show all devices and its status
nmcli device status # or nmcli device

# Show specific device
nmcli device show "wlp3s0"

# Show wifi networks
nmcli device wifi list

# Connect to wifi
nmcli device wifi connect "SSID_or_BSSID" password "password"

# Show password of current wifi
nmcli device wifi show-password

connection

• Connection
• MyWifiHome
• Mullvad
• lo (Loopback)
• etc

# Show all connections (wifi, bridge, vpn, ethernet)
nmcli connection

# import a connection configuration
nmcli connection import \
  type "wireguard" \
  file "wg0.conf"

nmcli connection show "wg0"

# Up a connection
nmcli connection up "connection-name"

nncli connection modify "wg0" \
  connection.autoconnect "no"

nncli connection modify "wg0" \
  connection.id "Awesome_vpn"

nncli connection modify "wg0" \
  connection.interface-name "wg1"

nmcli connection delete "wg0"