---
name: "ethstats"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ethstats"
version: "1.2.1-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ethstats"
---

# ethstats(1)

quickly display statistics of network interfaces

## NAME

**ethstats** – quickly display statistics of network interfaces

## SYNOPSIS

**ethstats** \[**-t**\] \[**-C** \| **-M**\] \[**-c** *count*\] \[**-i** *iface*\] \[**-n** *period*\]

**ethstats** \[**-V** \| **-h**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **ethstats** utility is a quick way to display network interface statistics. It periodically samples the byte and packet counters exported by the Linux kernel into the */proc/net/dev* pseudo-file and outputs a line for each network interface on the system (except for the loopback) and a totals line. The data shown is the input and output rate in megabits per second and packets per second.

The **ethstats** utility accepts the following command-line options:

- **-C**

  Highlight (color) the totals line in the output.

- **-c**

  Exit after the specified number of samples.

- **-h**

  Display program usage information and exit.

- **-i**

  Specify a single network interface to monitor.

- **-M**

  Do not highlight (monochrome) the totals line in the output.

- **-n**

  Specify the polling interval in seconds (default: 10).

- **-t**

  Prefix the totals line with the Unix timestamp.

- **-V**

  Display program version information and exit.

## ENVIRONMENT

The operation of the **ethstats** utility is not directly influenced by any environment variables.

## FILES

The operation of the **ethstats** utility is not directly influenced by the contents of any files.

## EXAMPLES

Continuously poll the system network interfaces on five-second intervals:

```
ethstats -n 5
```

Take four samples of the transfer rate of the *wlan0* interface, ten seconds apart:

```
ethstats -c 4 -n 10 -i wlan0
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

The **ethstats** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[netstat(8)](/netstat/8.md)

## STANDARDS

No standards were harmed during the production of the **ethstats** utility.

## HISTORY

This application was released from an unknown source via Drew Strieb. It is now maintained by Peter Pentchev.

A manual page was originally written by Scott Dier for the Debian project and then reworked by Peter Pentchev.

## AUTHORS

Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩ M. Drew Streib ⟨dtype@dtype.org⟩ Scott Dier ⟨sdier@debian.org⟩

## BUGS

No, thank you :) But if you should actually find any, please report them to the author.