Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:23:07 +0000 (UTC)

>> Is there any way to get the eth0 cumulative network speed in clear text?
>>
>> Each GUI shows their own download speed. The xnetload can show overall
>> eth0 cumulative network speed. But how can I get it in clear text?
>
> I may not have totally understood what you are searching for, but have
> a look at "ethstats" and "ethstatus", they might be what you are
> searching for.

thanks Roberto & Bob.

ethstats - script that quickly measures network device throughput.

was what I was looking for. I meant that I can grab those network speed in clear text in scripts. The next 2 also show network speed in clear text, but wasn't I was looking for.

ethstatus - console-based ethernet statistics monitor
nload - A realtime console network usage monitor

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