SYNOPSIS

bwbar [-i|-o] [-g|-G|-k|-K|-m|-M] [OPTION]... INTERFACE MAX_MBPS

DESCRIPTION

Generates text and graphical readout of current bandwidth use.

OPTIONS

-b, --border=N

Set border width of the graphical bar to N (default 1 pixel).

-d, --directory=N

Output directory is N.

-f, --text-file=N

Set N as name of the text output file (default ubar.txt).

-h, --help

Display usage.

-p, --png-file=N

Set N as name of the graphical bar file (default ubar.png).

-t, --interval=N

The poll interval in seconds is N (default 15 seconds).

-x, --width=N

Set the width of the graphical bar to N (default 600 pixels).

-y, --height=N

Set the height of the graphical bar to N (default 4 pixels).

FLAGS

-i, --input

Measure input bandwidth.

-g, --GBps

Bandwidth is measured in GB/s.

-G, --Gbps

Bandwidth is measured in Gbit/s.

-k, --kbps

Bandwidth is measured in kbit/s.

-K, --KBps

Bandwidth is measured in KB/s.

-m, --MBps

Bandwidth is measured in MB/s.

-M, --Mbps

Bandwidth is measured in Mbit/s.

-o, --output

Measure output bandwidth.

Default values are -M and -o.

AUTHOR

Written by Nacho Barrientos Arias <[email protected]>.

BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999-2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.

RELATED TO bwbar…

You can get all the available information for bwbar in:

  • http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/web/bwbar/