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bmon

Monitor network bandwidth in real time

TLDR

Display all interfaces

$ bmon -a
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Display data transfer rates in bits per second
$ bmon -b
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Specify which interfaces to display
$ bmon -p [interface_1,interface_2,interface_3,...]
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Specify the rate calculation interval in seconds
$ bmon -R [2.0]
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SYNOPSIS

bmon [options]

DESCRIPTION

bmon is a bandwidth monitor and rate estimator that displays network interface statistics in a visual format. It shows real-time throughput, packets per second, and error rates for network interfaces.
The tool provides both a graphical TUI display and text output options suitable for scripting and logging.

PARAMETERS

-a, --show-all

Show all interfaces, including those with no traffic
-b, --use-bit
Display rates in bits per second instead of bytes
-p, --policy interfaces
Comma-separated list of interfaces to display
-R, --rate-interval seconds
Interval for rate calculations (default: 1.0)
-r, --read file
Read input from file instead of live data
-o, --output format
Output format: ascii, curses, format, null

SEE ALSO

iftop(8), nethogs(8), vnstat(1), nload(1)

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