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speedtest

Official command-line interface for testing internet bandwidth using https://speedtest.net. Note: some platforms link speedtest to speedtest-cli. If some of the examples in this page don't work, see speedtest-cli. 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 --unit={{auto-decimal-bits|auto-decimal-bytes|auto-binary-bits|auto-binary-bytes}}
  • Run a speed test and specify the output format:
    speedtest --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 --precision={{precision}}
  • Run a speed test and print its progress (only available for output format human-readable and json):
    speedtest --progress={{yes|no}}
  • List all speedtest.net servers, sorted by distance:
    speedtest --servers
  • Run a speed test to a specific speedtest.net server:
    speedtest --server-id={{server_id}}

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