speedtest - Man Page

manual page for speedtest-cli 2.1.3

Examples (TL;DR)

Description

usage: speedtest [-h] [--no-download] [--no-upload] [--single] [--bytes]

[--share] [--simple] [--csv] [--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER] [--csv-header] [--json] [--list] [--server SERVER] [--exclude EXCLUDE] [--mini MINI] [--source SOURCE] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--secure] [--no-pre-allocate] [--version]

Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

options

-h, ā€‰--help

show this help message and exit

--no-download

Do not perform download test

--no-upload

Do not perform upload test

--single

Only use a single connection instead of multiple. This simulates a typical file transfer.

--bytes

Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the image generated by --share, nor output from --json or --csv

--share

Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share results image, not displayed with --csv

--simple

Suppress verbose output, only show basic information

--csv

Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in CSV format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes

--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER

Single character delimiter to use in CSV output. Default ","

--csv-header

Print CSV headers

--json

Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes

--list

Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance

--server SERVER

Specify a server ID to test against. Can be supplied multiple times

--exclude EXCLUDE

Exclude a server from selection. Can be supplied multiple times

--mini MINI

URL of the Speedtest Mini server

--source SOURCE

Source IP address to bind to

--timeout TIMEOUT

HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10

--secure

Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with speedtest.net operated servers

--no-pre-allocate

Do not pre allocate upload data. Pre allocation is enabled by default to improve upload performance. To support systems with insufficient memory, use this option to avoid a MemoryError

--version

Show the version number and exit

Python 3.12.1 (main, Dec 18 2023, 00:00:00) [GCC 13.2.1 20231205 (Red Hat 13.2.1-6)]

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January 2024 speedtest-cli 2.1.3