QNETLOAD(1)

📦 version 1.3.6, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 qnetload — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to qnetload(1), a page from the General Commands Manual (section 1, the main character section, obviously). she graphs your network speed and usage and she does it pretty. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

qnetload — graphically display network speed and usage 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

qnetload

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no arguments required, she just goes 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Graphically display network speed and usage. like, on your screen, in a window, with a graph. slay.

Here's the command line tea, option by option, no skips, no cuts:

  • -i, --interface=INTERFACE — display network INTERFACE. for example: eth0, wlan0. if you're unsure, do not specify — literally just don't, she'll figure it out herself bestie. and here's the cute part: while she's running you can change the interface by clicking on it. right-click on the interface to get a list of the available interfaces. obsessed with the interactivity fr fr.
  • -h, --help — display help for the commandline options. your little cheat sheet 🫶
  • -v, --version — display version information. know which queen you're running 👑
  • --help-all — display help including the Qt-specific options. the extended cut, the director's commentary, every option Qt ever brought to the party ✨

🌸 USING QNETLOAD 🌸

ngl some of her features are lowkey sneaky and not obvious at all, so here's the lore:

  • Click on the interface to change it. simple as that 💫
  • Right-click anywhere on qnetload to display a contextual menu with the list of interfaces, the IP and the version. the most common interfaces are in bold (ethX, wlanX, etc.) so you can clock them instantly 🔥
  • There are two buttons: pause the accumulative counter of Downloaded and Uploaded data, and reset the counter. to reset the counters, click twice. yes, twice. two clicks. the double-tap is real 🙈
  • Clicking in the graph will display how much data has been downloaded and uploaded since the position of the click, plus a projection for the next hour's usage. she's psychic actually 🔮
  • Hover the mouse pointer over any of the numbers to display the meaning of the value. no more "wait what does that number even mean" 😭

🌈 ORIGINAL IDEA FROM XNETLOAD 🌈

qnetload has the same look and feel as xnetload, which is no longer maintained (rip king, gone but not forgotten 🕊️). and the q in the name? that's because qnetload is implemented using the Qt libraries. mystery solved, case closed, periodt 💅

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • ${HOME}/.config/qnetload/qnetload.conf — the last-used interface is saved right here. so the next time you run qnetload, she remembers. she remembers. memory queen 🧠✨
  • /proc/net/dev — this file, provided by the kernel, contains details of the network usage and is read by qnetload to provide the displayed data. it's the source, she's just the stylist 💖

💀 BUG REPORTS 💀

found a bug? spill the tea, don't be shy:

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

ipmon(1) ethstatus(1) nload(1)

(the group chat of network monitoring tools, iykyk)

💜 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 💜

Many thanks to R.F. Smith for xnetload: lots of inspiration from it. fr fr, none of this would exist without that foundation 🫶

Many thanks to Jen Thomas for testing qnetload and helping with the manual page and texts. the queen of QA and prose, we stan 💅

Copyright © 2017-2023 Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina.cat>. License: GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later. free as in freedom, bestie 🌈

and that's the whole page!! this was qnetload, page 1 of the General Commands Manual, and yes she comes with that classic footer stamp — the name QNETLOAD(1) again at the bottom, like a lil signature kiss goodbye 💋 go check your bandwidth, you're doing amazing, mwah 🎀✨

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