.TH "speedtest-cli" 1 "2018-01-05" "speedtest-cli" .SH NAME speedtest\-cli \- Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net .SH SYNOPSIS .B speedtest\-cli [OPTION...] .SH DESCRIPTION Speedtest.net is a web service for testing your broadband connection by downloading a file from a nearby speedtest.net server on the web. This tool allows you to access the service from the command line. Speedtest mini is a version of the Speedtest.net server that you can host locally. .SH OPTIONS Usage: speedtest\-cli [OPTION...] .B Help Options \fB\-h, \-\-help\fR .RS Displays usage for the tool. .RE .B Options \fB\-\-no\-download\fR .RS Do not perform download test .RE \fB\-\-no\-upload\fR .RS Do not perform upload test .RE \fB\-\-single\fR .RS Only use a single connection instead of multiple. This simulates a typical file transfer. .RE \fB\-\-bytes\fR .RS Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the image generated by \-\-share, nor output from \-\-json or \-\-csv .RE \fB\-\-share\fR .RS Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share results image, not displayed with \-\-csv .RE \fB\-\-simple\fR .RS Suppress verbose output, only show basic information .RE \fB\-\-csv\fR .RS Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in CSV format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by \-\-bytes .RE \fB\-\-csv\-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER\fR .RS Single character delimiter to use in CSV output. Default "," .RE \fB\-\-csv\-header\fR .RS Print CSV headers .RE \fB\-\-json\fR .RS Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by \-\-bytes .RE \fB\-\-list\fR .RS Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance .RE \fB\-\-server SERVER\fR .RS Specify a server ID to test against. Can be supplied multiple times .RE \fB\-\-exclude EXCLUDE\fR .RS Exclude a server from selection. Can be supplied multiple times .RE \fB\-\-mini MINI\fR .RS URL of the Speedtest Mini server .RE \fB\-\-source SOURCE\fR .RS Source IP address to bind to .RE \fB\-\-timeout TIMEOUT\fR .RS HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10 .RE \fB\-\-secure\fR .RS Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with speedtest.net operated servers .RE \fB\-\-no\-pre\-allocate\fR .RS Do not pre allocate upload data. Pre allocation is enabled by default to improve upload performance. To support systems with insufficient memory, use this option to avoid a MemoryError .RE \fB\-\-version\fR .RS Show the version number and exit .RE .SH EXAMPLES \fBAutomatically find closest server and start testing\fR .RS speedtest\-cli .RE \fBSpecify testing against server 1491\fR .RS speedtest-cli \-\-server 1491 .RE \fBTesting against Speedtest Mini\fR .RS speedtest-cli \-\-mini 172.18.66.1 .RE .SH REPORTING BUGS Please file issues on the Github bug tracker: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest\-cli .SH AUTHORS This manual page was written by Jonathan Carter Speedtest\-cli was written by Matt Martz