RTACCT(8)

💖 RTACCT(8) — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the System Manager's Manual page for the network statistics tools, aka RTACCT(8). pull up a chair, grab a boba, we're doing kernel counters today 🧋✨

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✨ NAME ✨

nstat, rtacct — network statistics tools 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Usage: nstat [ -h?vVzrnasd:t:jp ] [ PATTERN [ PATTERN ] ]
Usage: rtacct [ -h?vVzrnasd:t: ] [ ListOfRealms ]

like. look at those flags. so many little letters, all of them serving cunt 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so nstat and rtacct are simple tools to monitor kernel SNMP counters and network interface statistics. that's it, that's the whole job, and they do it flawlessly no cap 🫶

nstat can filter kernel SNMP counters by name using one or several specified wildcards. and here's the tea: wildcards are case-insensitive and can include the special symbols ? and *. iconic behaviour, honestly 🌈

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -h, --help — Print help. the classic "hello what do you do" button 💖
• -V, --version — Print version. identity check ✨
• -z, --zeros — Dump zero counters too. by default they are not shown, so if you want the zeros you gotta ask for them 🙈
• -r, --reset — Reset history. wipe the slate, fresh start, main character energy 👑
• -n, --nooutput — Do not display anything, only update history. silent but working, the way that she just does 💅
• -a, --ignore — Dump absolute values of counters. the default is to calculate increments since the previous use, so this one flips that 🦋
• -s, --noupdate — Do not update history, so that the next time you will see counters including values accumulated up to this measurement. lowkey a time capsule 🎀
• -j, --json — Display results in JSON format. for the machine girlies 🤖💜
• -p, --pretty — When combined with --json, pretty print the output. slay, but only with --json, periodt ⭐
• -d, --scan <INTERVAL> — Run in daemon mode collecting statistics. <INTERVAL> is the interval between measurements in seconds. she's living in the background now 🔥
• -t, --interval <INTERVAL> — Time interval to average rates. Default value is 60 seconds 🌸

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• lnstat(8) — go say hi to her too 💖

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not me writing a whole manual page and it's literally this cute. anyway. run nstat, run rtacct, filter your wildcards, live your truth 🧚

this has been the System Manager's Manual page for RTACCT(8), dated 27 June 2007 — yes bestie, she's an elder, and she still ate 💜✨ bye!!