ifconfig: command not found in CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

How to install ifconfig command in CentOS / RHEL 7

Error: bash: ifconfig: command not found...

Check package for ifconfig command in CnetOS 7
# yum whatprovides *bin/ifconfig
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.mirror.snu.edu.in
 * extras: centos.mirror.snu.edu.in
 * updates: centos.mirror.snu.edu.in
net-tools-2.0-0.17.20131004git.el7.x86_64 : Basic networking tools
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Filename    : /sbin/ifconfig

Install ifconfig command package
# yum install net-tools -y

Run command after installation of package
# ifconfig
ens33: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.35.150  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.35.255
        inet6 fe80::c021:2d47:4832:e35f  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:0c:29:fc:2e:d1  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 754  bytes 370668 (361.9 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 414  bytes 127068 (124.0 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

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