ifstat

ifstat is a tool to report network interfaces bandwith just like vmstat/iostat do for other system counters.

ifstat gathers these statistics from the kernel internal counters, which is highly operating system dependent.

• Project Homepage [EN]

• ifstat [EN] @ Fedora Package
• ifstat [EN] @ Homebrew Formula

Documentation

• man 1 'ifstat' [EN]

Syntax

ifstat [PARAMETER ...] [INTERVAL [COUNT]]

Parameters

-a

Enables monitoring of all interfaces found for which statistics are available.

-l

Enables monitoring of loopback interfaces for which statistics are available. By default, ifstat monitors all non-loopback interfaces that are up.

-z

Hides interface which counters are null, e.g. interfaces that are up but not used.