1speedtest-cli(1) General Commands Manual speedtest-cli(1)
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6 speedtest-cli - Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth
7 using speedtest.net
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10 speedtest-cli [OPTION...]
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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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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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31 --no-download
32 Do not perform download test
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35 Do not perform upload test
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38 Only use a single connection instead of multiple. This simulates
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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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57 Single character delimiter to use in CSV output. Default ","
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63 Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in JSON
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67 Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance
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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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83 HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10
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86 Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with speedtest.net
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90 Do not pre allocate upload data. Pre allocation is enabled by
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105 Testing against Speedtest Mini
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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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