#!/usr/bin/bash
INTERVAL="1" # update interval in seconds
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo
echo usage: $0 [network-interface]
echo
echo e.g. $0 eth0
echo command for network interface [netstat -i]
exit
fi
IF=$1
while true
do
R1=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/rx_bytes`
T1=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/tx_bytes`
sleep $INTERVAL
R2=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/rx_bytes`
T2=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/tx_bytes`
TBPS=`expr $T2 - $T1`
RBPS=`expr $R2 - $R1`
TMBPS=`expr $TBPS / 1048576`
RMBPS=`expr $RBPS / 1048576`
echo "[$(date +%F_%T)] TX $1: $TMBPS MB/s RX $1: $RMBPS MB/s"
done