MGEN(1)
π MGEN(1) β the glow-up edition π
okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're talking about mgen β the Multi-GENerator for IP network performance tests. it lives in the General Commands Manual, section 1, and it's giving very "network engineer but make it iconic" energy. no cap. π¦
β¨ NAME β¨
mgen β the Multi-Generator for IP network performance tests π
like, the whole name is right there. mgen. Multi-Generator. for IP network performance tests. that's the vibe. that's the assignment. periodt. π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
mgen ...
literally. that's it. the ... is doing SO much heavy lifting here and honestly? relatable. it's giving "figure it out, bestie" energy but in a cute way. π
π SEE ALSO π
okay so if you want the actual tea, the deep lore, the whole cinematic universe β go check out the mgen-doc package for more documentation π. that's where the extra docs live, bestie.
or, if you're feeling online-ified, there's an online version too:
go read it. iykyk. β¨
π AUTHOR π
okay so credit where credit is due, and we ALWAYS give credit in this house π«Ά
mgenwas written by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) PROTocol Engineering Advanced Networking (PROTEAN) group. yes, the whole acronym stack. they ate. π₯- this manual page was written by Raoul Gunnar Borenius
<borenius@dfn.de>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). king behavior honestly π
that's the whole page, bestie! this was MGEN(1), General Commands Manual, section 1 β no date on this one, she's timeless like that π. stay slaying, stay testing your network performance, mwah πππ§ββοΈ
π¦ where this page comes from
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