How to check server network speed from Linux command line?

YouTube · Post by **arnlweb** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:40 am

I use speedtest-cli tool for this, check this on GitHub https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

This is the command to use it.

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curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python -

Output Example:

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[email protected]:~# curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python -
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from ONLINE SAS (xxx.xx.xxx.xxx)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Interoute VDC (Paris) [1.88 km]: 15.77 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 160.74 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed................................................................................................
Upload: 154.41 Mbit/s

Install speedtest-cli (for ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) and later version)

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sudo apt install speedtest-cli