Short script to monitor bandwidth on a *nix Linux network interface.
#!/usr/bin/perl # Bandwidth Monitor my $IFACE = 'eth0'; my $refresh = 5; my ( $i_r_bytes, $i_r_packets, $i_t_bytes, $i_t_packets ) = get_data($ +IFACE); my $time = time(); while(1) { my ( $c_rb, $c_rp, $c_tb, $c_tp ) = get_data($IFACE); my $r_time = (time() - $time)||1; printf "$IFACE (Rec/Tran) %d/%d Bytes/sec %d/%d Packets/sec\r", ($c_rb - $i_r_bytes )/$r_time, ($c_tb - $i_t_bytes )/$r_time, ($c_rp - $i_r_packets )/$r_time, ($c_tp - $i_t_packets )/$r_time; sleep $refresh; } sub get_data { my ( $IFACE ) = @_; my $data = `grep $IFACE /proc/net/dev`; # Rec bytes Rec packets Tran byte Tran pa +ckets #$data = ' eth0:2076483379 19236568 0 0 0 0 0 0 745096530 4559286 + 0 0 0 0 0 0'; return (split /\s+|:/, $data)[2,3,10,11]; }
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Re: Monitor Bandwidth on a (linux) Interface
by grinder (Bishop) on Sep 16, 2003 at 16:25 UTC |