Check your internet speed directly from command line in Linux.
speedtest-cli is a command line utility for checking internet bandwidth using popular internet speed test site speedtest.net. Written in python, speedtest-cli works nicely from command line and gives upload and download speed. You can also share the image generated by speedtest-cli from command line.
How to Install
For Ubuntu and its derivatives, run below commands from terminal to install speedtest-cli.
sudo apt-get install python-pip sudo pip install speedtest-cli
How to Use
Once installed, open terminal and type below command:
speedtest-cli
You can also generate the image using below command:
speedtest-cli --share
And get the help using –
speedtest-cli -h usage: speedtest-cli [-h] [--bytes] [--share] [--simple] [--list] [--server SERVER] [--mini MINI] [--source SOURCE] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--secure] [--version] Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --bytes Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the image generated by --share --share Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share results image --simple Suppress verbose output, only show basic information --list Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance --server SERVER Specify a server ID to test against --mini MINI URL of the Speedtest Mini server --source SOURCE Source IP address to bind to --timeout TIMEOUT HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10 --secure Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with speedtest.net operated servers --version Show the version number and exit
The project is in GitHub and report any bugs here.
speedtest-cli is a nice little tool which can be used now and then to check your internet bandwidth. DO you know any other cli tool like this? Drop a comment below.
