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📊 Network Monitoring with nload

nload [options] [interface]
  • If no interface is specified, nload lists available interfaces and lets you choose one.
  • Displays two graphs: 🔽 Incoming traffic 🔼 Outgoing traffic

⚙️ Options

Option Description
-u <unit> Set unit for data rates (bits, bytes, kilobits, etc.) Options: b, B, k, m, g (default: b)
-t <milliseconds> Refresh interval in milliseconds (default: 500 ms)
-m Show minimum and maximum network usage statistics
-a Show average network usage statistics
-q Quiet mode — no graphical output, only numeric data
-V Show version info and exit
-h Show help message and exit

💡 Examples

Monitor a specific interface (e.g., eth0):

nload eth0

Use bytes per second as unit:

nload -u B eth0

Set refresh interval to 1 second:

nload -t 1000 eth0