Would /proc/net/dev give you the info you are looking for? $ sudo cat /proc/net/dev Inter-| Receive | Transmit face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed eth0: 16839226 26454 0 0 0 0 0 0 16903410 27268 0 0 0 0 0 0 eth1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 578 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 lo: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Capture at t0 and t1, parse, diff. Regards, - Robert On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > *NOTE BENE* > Capitalization in subject line semantically important :> > > I have significant bandwidth constraints. > I have been asked to participate in a project requiring significant data > transfers. > I wish to run a test case to estimate the connectivity "cost". > If it is significant, I use Debian Jessie. > For the test case the source/destination is of secondary importance. > > Is there a tool which can be > "turned on" at time t0 > "turned off" at time t1 > which will report the number of > "uploaded" bytes > "downloaded" bytes > in that interval? > > If the tool reports more, no problem -- it will likely be ignored. > TIA > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug