<p>Ignoring by index is not always an option, as the index can change on chassis switches as blade configurations change.</p>

<p>Originally prompted in <a href="https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/47" class="issue-link" title="Adding check_ifstatus option to ignore interfaces by name, rather than j...">#47</a>, requested changes made.</p>

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<h4>You can merge this Pull Request by running</h4>
<pre>  git pull https://github.com/peelman/nagios-plugins check_ifstatus-ignore-by-name</pre>
<p>Or view, comment on, or merge it at:</p>
<p>  <a href='https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1276'>https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1276</a></p>

<h4>Commit Summary</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Add check_ifstatus option to ignore interfaces by name</li>
</ul>

<h4>File Changes</h4>
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    <a href="https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1276/files#diff-0">plugins-scripts/check_ifstatus.pl</a>
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<h4>Patch Links:</h4>
<ul>
  <li><a href='https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1276.patch'>https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1276.patch</a></li>
  <li><a href='https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1276.diff'>https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1276.diff</a></li>
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