I want to get the current Bandwidth of an interface say “eth0” from the terminal. It better be as simple as possible. Say
up 10 dn 30.
Instead of giving out a lot of text like “vnstat” does.
Edit: I need this for a command line program for auto-monitoring, not to view it manually.
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Method 1
There are several tools that can do this.
Bmon
One that should be in most repositories for various distros is bmon.
It can be run in a condensed view too.
If you’re looking for something else I’d suggest taking a look at this Linuxaria article titled: Monitor your bandwidth from the Linux shell. It also mentions nload as well as speedometer.
Nload
Speedometer
Ibmonitor
If you’re looking for something more basic then you could also give ibmonitor a go. Though basic it has most of the features one would expect when monitoring bandwidth.
Method 2
You can also use Linux process explorer. It can monitor bandwidth usage per process.
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