---
name: "mrtg-ip-acct"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mrtgutils"
version: "0.8.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mrtg-ip-acct"
---

# mrtg-ip-acct(1)

Returns the number of IP packets that have traversed a network interface

## NAME

mrtg-ip-acct - Returns the number of IP packets that have traversed a network interface

## SYNOPSIS

mrtg-ip-acct \[\<interface name\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

mrtg-ip-acct returns the number of bytes that have been received and sent on a given interface. The output is written in a form useful as input for the mrtg utility.

If no interface name is given, the default is eth0.

## SEE ALSO

[**mrtg**(1)](/mrtg/1.md)

## AUTHOR

mrtg-apache was written by Randolph Chung \<tausq@debian.org\>.

## HISTORY

This document first appeared with mrtgutils-0.1