IFSTAT(8) Linux IFSTAT(8) NAME ifstat - handy utility to read network interface statistics SYNOPSIS ifstat [ OPTIONS ] [ INTERFACE_LIST ] INTERFACE_LIST := INTERFACE_LIST | interface DESCRIPTION ifstat neatly prints out network interface statistics. The utility keeps records of the previous data dis‐ played in history files and by default only shows difference between the last and the current call. Location of the history files defaults to /tmp/.ifstat.u$UID but may be overridden with the IFSTAT_HISTORY environment variable. OPTIONS -h, --help Show summary of options. -V, --version Show version of program. -a, --ignore Ignore the history file. -d, --scan=SECS Sample statistics every SECS second. -e, --errors Show errors. -n, --nooutput Don't display any output. Update the history file only. -r, --reset Reset history. -s, --noupdate Don't update the history file. -t, --interval=SECS Report average over the last SECS seconds. -z, --zeros Show entries with zero activity. ENVIRONMENT IFSTAT_HISTORY If set, it's value is interpreted as alternate history file path. SEE ALSO ip(8) AUTHOR ifstat was written by Alexey Kuznetsov <[email protected]>. This manual page was written by Petr Sabata <[email protected]>.