I had to figure a way to see what ethernet or wifi ports were actively connected.
Here 'ifconfig' could have been great but it provides a LOT of data. So here a one-liner for Terminal to see the active connections:

ifconfig | grep flags=8863 | grep -v bridge

The output will look something like this:

en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

Here we see en0 and en1 being active (my Ethernet ports), or for example

en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
en2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

where en2 is my WiFi.

If you'd like to see the IPv4 address as well, then try this:

ifconfig | grep 'flags=8863\|inet ' | grep -v 'bridge\|127.0.0.1'

Which will list something like this:

en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
 inet 192.168.2.147 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
 inet 192.168.2.244 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
en2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
 inet 192.168.2.245 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255

Here you see only the active network connections (Ethernet and WiFi) and the IPv4 IP address.

Note: I'm no expect on the flags. You can find the flag details in the **if.h** header file - Spotlight is your friend in finding "if.h". I found mine for example here:

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/net/if.h

which will show you what the flags mean (keep in mind: hexadecimal);

    #define IFF_UP          0x1             /* interface is up */
    #define IFF_BROADCAST   0x2             /* broadcast address valid */
    #define IFF_DEBUG       0x4             /* turn on debugging */
    #define IFF_LOOPBACK    0x8             /* is a loopback net */
    #define IFF_POINTOPOINT 0x10            /* interface is point-to-point link */
    #define IFF_NOTRAILERS  0x20            /* obsolete: avoid use of trailers */
    #define IFF_RUNNING     0x40            /* resources allocated */
    #define IFF_NOARP       0x80            /* no address resolution protocol */
    #define IFF_PROMISC     0x100           /* receive all packets */
    #define IFF_ALLMULTI    0x200           /* receive all multicast packets */
    #define IFF_OACTIVE     0x400           /* transmission in progress */
    #define IFF_SIMPLEX     0x800           /* can't hear own transmissions */
    #define IFF_LINK0       0x1000          /* per link layer defined bit */
    #define IFF_LINK1       0x2000          /* per link layer defined bit */
    #define IFF_LINK2       0x4000          /* per link layer defined bit */
    #define IFF_ALTPHYS     IFF_LINK2       /* use alternate physical connection */
    #define IFF_MULTICAST   0x8000          /* supports multicast */

So 8863 means;

MULTICAST (0x8000) + SIMPLEX (0x800) + RUNNING (0x40) + NOTRAILERS (0x20) + BROADCAST (0x2) + UP (0x1).

Interested in know what en0, en1, etc stands for?

Try this:

networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder

Example output:

An asterisk (*) denotes that a network service is disabled.
(1) Ethernet 1
(Hardware Port: Ethernet 1, Device: en0)
(2) Ethernet 2
(Hardware Port: Ethernet 2, Device: en1)
(3) Wi-Fi
(Hardware Port: Wi-Fi, Device: en2)
(4) Bluetooth PAN
(Hardware Port: Bluetooth PAN, Device: en9)
(5) Thunderbolt Bridge
(Hardware Port: Thunderbolt Bridge, Device: bridge0)