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speedtest — Official command-line interface for testing internet bandwidth using <https://speedtest.net>. Note:

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Problem

How to use the speedtest command: Official command-line interface for testing internet bandwidth using <https://speedtest.net>. Note: Some platforms link speedtest to speedtest-cli or other tools like librespeed, which can also be installed as speedtest on certain Linux distributions. These command examples apply only to the official client. More information: <https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli>.

Solution

speedtest — Official command-line interface for testing internet bandwidth using <https://speedtest.net>. Note: Some platforms link speedtest to speedtest-cli or other tools like librespeed, which can also be installed as speedtest on certain Linux distributions. These command examples apply only to the official client. More information: <https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli>.

Run a speed test:

speedtest

Run a speed test and specify the unit of the output:

speedtest {{[-u|--unit]}} {{auto-decimal-bits|auto-decimal-bytes|auto-binary-bits|auto-binary-bytes}}

Run a speed test and specify the output format:

speedtest {{[-f|--format]}} {{human-readable|csv|tsv|json|jsonl|json-pretty}}

Run a speed test and specify the number of decimal points to use (0 to 8, defaults to 2):

speedtest {{[-P|--precision]}} {{precision}}

Run a speed test and print its progress (only available for output format human-readable and json):

speedtest {{[-p|--progress]}} {{yes|no}}

List all speedtest.net servers, sorted by distance:

speedtest {{[-L|--servers]}}

Run a speed test to a specific speedtest.net server:

speedtest {{[-s|--server-id]}} {{server_id}}

Code Snippets

Run a speed test

speedtest

Run a speed test and specify the unit of the output

speedtest {{[-u|--unit]}} {{auto-decimal-bits|auto-decimal-bytes|auto-binary-bits|auto-binary-bytes}}

Run a speed test and specify the output format

speedtest {{[-f|--format]}} {{human-readable|csv|tsv|json|jsonl|json-pretty}}

Run a speed test and specify the number of decimal points to use (0 to 8, defaults to 2)

speedtest {{[-P|--precision]}} {{precision}}

Run a speed test and print its progress (only available for output format `human-readable` and `json`)

speedtest {{[-p|--progress]}} {{yes|no}}

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tldr-pages: common/speedtest

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