This tutorial shows how you can easily run a
Thanks to this speedtest-cli tool we can do these tests.
If you are planning to run tests often you can install it to reuse with the below command.
wget -O /usr/local/bin/speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py; chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/speedtest-cli;
Now we can run the below to run a test and output a shareable link.
speedtest-cli --share
For a simple, once off
script="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py"; $(which python||which python3) <(curl $script || wget -O - $script) --share;
Here is an example of the output.
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Testing from Level 3 Communications (8.11.15.90)... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by ServerCentral (Chicago, IL) [5.98 km]: 1.334 ms Testing download speed................................................................................ Download: 5800.54 Mbit/s Testing upload speed................................................................................................ Upload: 2131.39 Mbit/s Share results: http://www.speedtest.net/result/0.png
$ speedtest-cli -h
usage: speedtest-cli [-h] [--no-download] [--no-upload] [--single] [--bytes]
[--share] [--simple] [--csv]
[--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER] [--csv-header] [--json]
[--list] [--server SERVER] [--exclude EXCLUDE]
[--mini MINI] [--source SOURCE] [--timeout TIMEOUT]
[--secure] [--no-pre-allocate] [--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
--no-download Do not perform download test
--no-upload Do not perform upload test
--single Only use a single connection instead of multiple. This
simulates a typical file transfer.
--bytes Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not
affect the image generated by --share, nor output from
--json or --csv
--share Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share
results image, not displayed with --csv
--simple Suppress verbose output, only show basic information
--csv Suppress verbose output, only show basic information
in CSV format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected
by --bytes
--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER
Single character delimiter to use in CSV output.
Default ","
--csv-header Print CSV headers
--json Suppress verbose output, only show basic information
in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not
affected by --bytes
--list Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by
distance
--server SERVER Specify a server ID to test against. Can be supplied
multiple times
--exclude EXCLUDE Exclude a server from selection. Can be supplied
multiple times
--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
--no-pre-allocate Do not pre allocate upload data. Pre allocation is
enabled by default to improve upload performance. To
support systems with insufficient memory, use this
option to avoid a MemoryError
--version Show the version number and exitWe hope you found this post helpful in your Linux Adventures. For more detailed information about this tool please see the official Github here.
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