How to check your connection speed with Speedtest.net from Ubuntu/Debian command line

1. Install speedtest-cli application

^{Note: You can optionally skip the “sudo” prefixes on the commands below by switching to root using the sudo su command.}

First, make sure your list of repository packages is up to date:

Next, install the Python package manager (pip):

Now install the speed-cli application using Python package manager (pip):

And if you ever want to upgrade the application, you can use:

2. Test your connection speed using speedtest-cli application

To check your internet connection speed, run the speedtest-cli application:

Alternatively, if you want to be able to share your results:

Run the speedtest-cli application using the optional share argument:

Paste the address above into a browser to see the result. Example:

For additional information:

• Speedtest.net website (the original web-based version)
• Run speedtest-cli using the optional help argument:
  
  speedtest-cli --help

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  speedtest-cli --help

  Example output

  usage: speedtest-cli [-h] [--bytes] [--share] [--simple] [--csv] [--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER] [--csv-header] [--json] [--list] [--server SERVER] [--mini MINI] [--source SOURCE] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--secure] [--version] Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --bytes Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the image generated by --share, nor output from --json or --csv --share Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share results image --simple Suppress verbose output, only show basic information --csv Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in CSV format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes --csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER Single character delimiter to use in CSV output. Default "," --csv-header Print CSV headers --json Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes --list Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance --server SERVER Specify a server ID to test against --mini MINI URL of the Speedtest Mini server --source SOURCE Source IP address to bind to --timeout TIMEOUT HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10 --secure Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with speedtest.net operated servers --version Show the version number and exit

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  usage: speedtest-cli [-h] [--bytes] [--share] [--simple] [--csv]                      [--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER] [--csv-header] [--json]                      [--list] [--server SERVER] [--mini MINI]                      [--source SOURCE] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--secure]                      [--version]   Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli   optional arguments:   -h, --help            show this help message and exit   --bytes               Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not                         affect the image generated by --share, nor output from                         --json or --csv   --share               Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share                         results image   --simple              Suppress verbose output, only show basic information   --csv                 Suppress verbose output, only show basic information                         in CSV format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected                         by --bytes   --csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER                         Single character delimiter to use in CSV output.                         Default ","   --csv-header          Print CSV headers   --json                Suppress verbose output, only show basic information                         in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not                         affected by --bytes   --list                Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by                         distance   --server SERVER       Specify a server ID to test against   --mini MINI           URL of the Speedtest Mini server   --source SOURCE       Source IP address to bind to   --timeout TIMEOUT     HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10   --secure              Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with                         speedtest.net operated servers   --version             Show the version number and exit