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# Linux Networking commands
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This page contains a large list of Linux networking commands and links to more elaborate documentation.
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## ___________________
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### Links to Linux networking commands: explanations and examples
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[](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linux-network-commands-cheat-sheet/)
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[](https://phoenixnap.com/kb/linux-network-commands)
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[](https://itsfoss.com/basic-linux-networking-commands/)
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### Networking commands
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| Command | Description |
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| aria2 | downloading just about everything. Torrents included. |
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| arpwatch | Ethernet Activity Monitor. |
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| bmon | bandwidth monitor and rate estimator. |
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| bwm-ng | live network bandwidth monitor. |
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| curl | transferring data with URLs. (or try httpie) |
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| darkstat | captures network traffic, usage statistics. |
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| dhclient | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client |
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| dig | query DNS servers for information. |
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| dstat | replacement for vmstat, iostat, mpstat, netstat and ifstat. |
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| ethtool | utility for controlling network drivers and hardware. |
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| gated | gateway routing daemon. |
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| host | DNS lookup utility. |
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| hping | TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. |
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| ibmonitor | shows bandwidth and total data transferred. |
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| ifstat | report network interfaces bandwidth. |
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| iftop | display bandwidth usage. |
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| ip (PDF file) | a command with more features that ifconfig (net-tools). |
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| iperf3 | network bandwidth measurement tool. (above screenshot Stacklinux VPS) |
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| iproute2 | collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP. |
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| iptables | take control of network traffic. |
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| IPTraf | An IP Network Monitor. |
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| iputils | set of small useful utilities for Linux networking. |
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| iw | a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. |
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| jwhois (whois) | client for the whois service. |
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| lsof -i | reveal information about your network sockets. |
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| mtr | network diagnostic tool. |
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| ncat | improved re-implementation of the venerable netcat. |
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| netcat | networking utility for reading/writing network connections. |
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| nethogs | a small ‘net top’ tool. |
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| Netperf | Network bandwidth Testing. |
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| netplan | Netplan is a utility for easily configuring networking on a linux system. |
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| netsniff-ng | Swiss army knife for daily Linux network plumbing. |
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| net-tools | utilities include: arp, hostname, ifconfig, netstat, rarp, route, etc. |
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| netwatch | monitoring Network Connections. |
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| ngrep | grep applied to the network layer. |
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| nload | display network usage. |
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| nmap | network discovery and security auditing. |
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| nmcli | a command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager and reporting network status. |
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| nmtui | provides a text interface to configure networking by controlling NetworkManager. |
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| nslookup | query Internet name servers interactively. |
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| ping | send icmp echo_request to network hosts. |
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| route | show / manipulate the IP routing table. |
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| slurm | network load monitor. |
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| smokeping | keeps track of your network latency. |
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| snort | Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention System. |
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| socat | establishes two bidirectional byte streams and transfers data between them. |
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| speedometer | Measure and display the rate of data across a network. |
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| speedtest-cli | test internet bandwidth using speedtest.net |
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| ss | utility to investigate sockets. |
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| ssh | secure system administration and file transfers over insecure networks. |
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| tcpdump | command-line packet analyzer. |
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| tcptrack | Displays information about tcp connections on a network interface. |
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| telnet | user interface to the TELNET protocol. |
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| tracepath | very similar function to traceroute. |
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| traceroute | print the route packets trace to network host. |
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| vnStat | network traffic monitor. |
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| websocat | Connection forwarder from/to web sockets to/from usual sockets, in style of socat. |
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| wget | retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS. |
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| Wireless Tools for Linux | includes iwconfig, iwlist, iwspy, iwpriv and ifrename. |
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| Wireshark | network protocol analyzer. |
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