---
name: "bwm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bwm"
version: "1.1.0-8.1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bwm"
---

# bwm(1)

BandWidth Monitor

## NAME

bwm - BandWidth Monitor

## SYNOPSIS

**bwm \[update\] \[file\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This is a very tiny bandwidth monitor (not X11). Can monitor up to 16 interfaces in the same time, and shows totals too.

## NOTE

The display show kilobytes per sec, and kilo mean 1024.

## OPTIONS

- **update**

  Specifies the update frequency in seconds. Defaults to 2.

- **file**

  Determinates the special file to gether interface info from. Defaults to /proc/net/dev.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Lenart Janos \<ocsi@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others).