Speedtest linux centos

Speedtest-cli is a small command line application meant for testingyour internet speeds via Terminal in various Linux distributions including CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu and Mint. Speedtest-cli uses thespeedtest.net website for testing your internet bandwidth. Installation is rather simple. Launch Terminal in your linux distribution and copy paste the following commands

# wget https://raw.github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest_cli.py
# chmod +x speedtest_cli.py

Run an internet speed test with the following command:

# ./speedtest_cli.py

 If you want to share the speed test result, you can use “–share” option, which will allow you to share speed test result with others in an image format via Speedtest.net.

# ./speedtest_cli.py --share

The following is a sample image automatically generated and uploaded to Speedtest.net by speedtest-cli.

The utility supports a few other parameters, and you can view them by running the speedtest-cli.py –help command.

# ./speedtest_cli.py --help

./speedtest_cli.py --help
Usage: speedtest_cli.py [options]

Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

Options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --share          Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share
                   results image
  --simple         Suppress verbose output, only show basic information
  --list           Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance
  --server=SERVER  Specify a server ID to test against
  --mini=MINI      URL of the Speedtest Mini server
  --source=SOURCE  Source IP address to bind to
  --version        Show the version number and exit

Fuente: http://lintut.com/test-internet-speed-from-linux-command-line/