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nettop — Display updated information about the network. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-

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Problem

How to use the nettop command: Display updated information about the network. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/nettop.1.html>.

Solution

nettop — Display updated information about the network. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/nettop.1.html>.

Monitor TCP and UDP sockets from all interfaces:

nettop

Monitor TCP sockets from Loopback interfaces:

nettop -m {{tcp}} -t {{loopback}}

Monitor a specific process:

nettop -p "{{process_id|process_name}}"

Display a per-process summary:

nettop -P

Print 10 samples of network information:

nettop -l {{10}}

Monitor changes every 5 seconds:

nettop -d -s {{5}}

While running nettop, list interactive commands:

<h>

Display help:

nettop -h

Code Snippets

Monitor TCP and UDP sockets from all interfaces

nettop

Monitor TCP sockets from Loopback interfaces

nettop -m {{tcp}} -t {{loopback}}

Monitor a specific process

nettop -p "{{process_id|process_name}}"

Display a per-process summary

nettop -P

Print 10 samples of network information

nettop -l {{10}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/nettop

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