Options available in `iftop` command in Linux
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Options |
Description |
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iftop |
Displays basic real-time bandwidth usage of the default network interface. |
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-i wlo1 |
Shows real-time bandwidth details of a specific network interface named “wlo1”. |
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-n -i wlo1 |
Disables hostname lookup and provides bandwidth statistics for the specified interface “wlo1”. |
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-N -i wlo1 |
Disables the conversion of port numbers to services and presents bandwidth stats for the specified interface “wlo1”. |
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-b |
Turns off the display of the bar graph representation for network traffic. |
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-t |
Presents the output in a text interface format without using ncurses. |
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-o source |
Sorts the output based on the source IP address of network flows. |
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-o destination |
Sorts the output based on the destination IP address of network flows. |
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-L 2 -i wlo1 |
Specifies that only 2 lines of statistics or bandwidth usage should be printed for the interface “wlo1”. |
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-h |
Displays the help section providing usage information and options for the iftop command. |
iftop command in Linux with Examples
iftop is a network analyzing tool used by system administrators to view bandwidth-related stats. It shows a quick overview of the networking activities on an interface. It stands for Interface TOP and the top is derived from the op command in Linux. It even acts as a diagnostic to diagnose which program is causing the problem to the network.