I think this is really a stupid question

lolilolicon · 2009-05-06 00:35:56

$ ONE_LINE_COMMAND

just to get the current download/upload speed, one line output, no need for fancy bars / refreshing blocks etc.
i've been using conky for a while, never wondered how to get the network RX/TX speeds without it. in conky it is so simple, just ${upspeed wlan0}

Anyone just tell me please !

lolilolicon · 2009-05-06 01:31:28

come up with something like this

$ echo $(echo $(echo -n `ifconfig wlan0 | grep 'RX bytes'|sed 's/.*:\([0-9]*\) (.*/\1/'`;echo -n "-";sleep 10;echo -n `ifconfig wlan0 | grep 'RX bytes'|sed 's/.*:\([0-9]*\) (.*/\1/'`;)|bc;echo -n '/(-10)')|bc

this is quite a stupid answer and outputs a 10-minute average speed in bytes/s, which i'm also not sure how accurate ..

djgera · 2009-05-06 02:02:05

do you know vnstat?

Maybe can help

$ vnstat -tr | awk '$1 ~ /rx/ {print $2}'
320.14

You can especify the time of sample seconds in -tr parameter by default is 5

lolilolicon · 2009-05-06 03:23:32

djgera wrote:

do you know vnstat?
Maybe can help
$ vnstat -tr | awk '$1 ~ /rx/ {print $2}'
320.14
You can especify the time of sample seconds in -tr parameter by default is 5

yay,looks nice!:D
though don't have a clue that it is doing inside.. isn't there a simpler and director way to do it?

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#1 2009-05-06 00:35:56

I think this is really a stupid question

#2 2009-05-06 01:31:28

Re: I think this is really a stupid question

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Re: I think this is really a stupid question

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Re: I think this is really a stupid question

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