How to measure speed under Linux

Linux under the speed of the Speedtest command, it is written in the Python language, for python2.4-python3.4 and other versions. Here's how:

1. Download this file

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py

(Note: The former is speedtest-cil, this article takes Centos7 as an example)

2. Modify the file name, increase the execution permission, move to the default path

MV speedtest.py speedtestchmod a+x SPEEDTESTMV speedtest/usr/local/bin/

3. Test (direct execution)

The results are as follows

[Email protected] ~]# Speedtest

Retrieving Speedtest.net configuration ...

Testing from 263 (211.157.166.229) ...

Retrieving Speedtest.net server list ...

Selecting best servers based on ping ...

Hosted by China Mobile Group Beijing Co.Ltd (Beijing) [1.69 km]: 106.603 ms

Testing download speed ....... ....... ................. .............................

download:2.50 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed ................................................................................................

upload:3.11 Mbit/s

We can see the download speed is 2.5mb/s, upload 3.11mb/s.

How to measure speed under Linux