#!/bin/bash
IF=$1
if [ -z "$IF" ]; then
IF=`ls -1 /sys/class/net/ | head -1`
fi
RXPREV=-1
TXPREV=-1
echo "Listening $IF..."
while [ 1 == 1 ] ; do
RX=`cat /sys/class/net/${IF}/statistics/rx_bytes`
TX=`cat /sys/class/net/${IF}/statistics/tx_bytes`
if [ $RXPREV -ne -1 ] ; then
let BWRX=$RX-$RXPREV
let BWTX=$TX-$TXPREV
echo "Received: $BWRX B/s Sent: $BWTX B/s"
fi
RXPREV=$RX
TXPREV=$TX
sleep 1
done