Show network throughput

tcpdump -w - |pv -bert >/dev/null
Real gurus don't need fancy tools like iftop or jnettop.
Sample Output 
# tcpdump -w - |pv -bert >/dev/null
tcpdump: listening on wlan0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
 756kB 0:00:12 [67.5kB/s]

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By: h3xx
2011-12-14 00:24:02
tcpdump tcpdump pv network performance networking
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What Others Think

There are lots: in instance, iptraf.
jors · 447 weeks and 2 days ago
Heh. Except you need the fancy tool pv(1).
atoponce · 447 weeks and 1 day ago
Except tcpdump defaults to 68 bytes of packet headers: tcpdump: listening on bge0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 68 bytes... You could dump to a file for a minute and do some calculations. Any way to have tcpdump only dump the payload without the headers to calculate actual file transfer rate?
johnebgood · 445 weeks ago
-s 0 will output the full packet
johnebgood · 445 weeks ago

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