1speedtest-cli(1)            General Commands Manual           speedtest-cli(1)
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NAME

6       speedtest-cli  -  Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth
7       using speedtest.net
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SYNOPSIS

10       speedtest-cli [OPTION...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Speedtest.net is a web service for testing your broadband connection by
14       downloading  a file from a nearby speedtest.net server on the web. This
15       tool allows you to access the service from the command line.
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17       Speedtest mini is a version of the Speedtest.net server  that  you  can
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OPTIONS

22       Usage: speedtest-cli [OPTION...]
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24       Help Options
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26       -h, --help
27              Displays usage for the tool.
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29       Options
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31       --no-download
32              Do not perform download test
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35              Do not perform upload test
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37       --single
38              Only use a single connection instead of multiple. This simulates
39              a typical file transfer.
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42              Display values in bytes instead of bits.  Does  not  affect  the
43              image generated by --share, nor output from --json or --csv
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46              Generate  and  provide  a URL to the speedtest.net share results
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50              Suppress verbose output, only show basic information
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53              Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in CSV for‐
54              mat. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes
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56       --csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER
57              Single character delimiter to use in CSV output. Default ","
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63              Suppress  verbose  output,  only  show basic information in JSON
64              format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes
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66       --list
67              Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance
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69       --server SERVER
70              Specify a server ID to test against. Can  be  supplied  multiple
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77              URL of the Speedtest Mini server
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80              Source IP address to bind to
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82       --timeout TIMEOUT
83              HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10
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85       --secure
86              Use  HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with speedtest.net
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89       --no-pre-allocate
90              Do not pre allocate upload data. Pre allocation  is  enabled  by
91              default  to  improve upload performance. To support systems with
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95              Show the version number and exit
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EXAMPLES

99       Automatically find closest server and start testing
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102       Specify testing against server 1491
103              speedtest-cli --server 1491
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105       Testing against Speedtest Mini
106              speedtest-cli --mini 172.18.66.1
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REPORTING BUGS

110       Please    file    issues     on     the     Github     bug     tracker:
111       https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
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AUTHORS

115       This  manual  page was written by Jonathan Carter <jonathan@ubuntu.com>
116       Speedtest-cli was written by Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net>
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120speedtest-cli                     2018-01-05                  speedtest-cli(1)
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