How to use linux speed measuring tool speedtest-cli

Install speedtest-cli:

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

Start the test:

./speedtest-cli

[root@localhost ~]# ./speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...Testing from China Unicom Liaoning (122.97.178.118) ...Retrieving speedtest.net server list...Selecting best server based on ping...Hosted by Shanghai Huajuan Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) [15.42 km] : 140.576 msTesting download speed................................................................................Download: 42.58 Mbit/ sTesting upload speed......................................................................................................Upload: 17.13 Mbit/s

Github address:

https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

Usage：$ speedtest-cli -husage: speedtest-cli [-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.--------------------------------------------------------------------------htt ps://github.com/sivel/speedtest-clioptional arguments: -h, --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 singl e connection instead of multiple. This simulates a typical file transfer. --bytes Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the ima ge 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 again st. Can be supplied multiple times --exclude EXCLUDE Exclude a server from selection. Can be supplied multiple times --mini MINI URL of the Speedt est 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