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BWBAR(8) System Manager's Manual BWBAR(8)

NAME

bwbar - generates text and graphical readout of current bandwidth use.

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

Set border width of the graphical bar to N (default 1 pixel).
Output directory is N.
Set N as name of the text output file (default ubar.txt).
Display usage.
Set N as name of the graphical bar file (default ubar.png).
The poll interval in seconds is N (default 15 seconds).
Set the width of the graphical bar to N (default 600 pixels).
Set the height of the graphical bar to N (default 4 pixels).

FLAGS

Measure input bandwidth.
Bandwidth is measured in GB/s.
Bandwidth is measured in Gbit/s.
Bandwidth is measured in kbit/s.
Bandwidth is measured in KB/s.
Bandwidth is measured in MB/s.
Bandwidth is measured in Mbit/s.
Measure output bandwidth.

Default values are -M and -o.

AUTHOR

Written by Nacho Barrientos Arias <chipi@criptonita.com>.

BUGS

Report bugs to <hpa@zytor.com>.

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.

SEE ALSO

You can get all the available information for bwbar in:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/web/bwbar/
Apr. 18, 2006 bwbar 1.2.3