---
name: "tcpblast"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "netdiag"
version: "0.7-7.1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tcpblast"
---

# tcpblast(1)

measures throughput

## NAME

tcpblast - measures throughput

## SYNOPSIS

**tcpblast** \[ -t \] \[ -u \] \[ -r \] \[ -v \] \[ -p port \] \[ -s blocksize \] \[ -b bufsize \] hostname blocks

## DESCRIPTION

*tcpblast* is a tool to measure throughput.

## OPTIONS

- **-t**

  TCP mode

- **-u**

  UDP mode

- **-p port**

  Use the designated port instead of number 9

- **-s blocksize**

  Use indicated blocksize instead of the default of 1024

- **-b bufsize**

  Use buffer size instead of -1 (?)

- **-r**

  Sent random data

- **-v**

  Display version number

## AUTHOR

*Daniel Karrenberg \<dfk@nic.eu.net*\
 *Rafal Maszkowski \<rzm@pdi.net\>*

```
Manpage by
Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>
```

## COPYRIGHT GPL