vnstat Command Examples

A console-based network traffic monitor. More information: https://manned.org/vnstat.

• Display traffic summary for all interfaces:

vnstat

• Display traffic summary for a specific network interface:

vnstat {{[-i|--iface]}} {{network_interface}}

• Display live stats for a specific network interface:

vnstat {{[-l|--live]}} {{[-i|--iface]}} {{network_interface}}

• Show traffic statistics on an hourly basis for the last 24 hours using a bar graph:

vnstat {{[-hg|--hoursgraph]}}

• Measure and show average traffic for 30 seconds:

vnstat {{[-tr|--traffic]}} {{30}}