This is the command pipebench that can be run in the OnWorks free hosting provider using one of our multiple free online workstations such as Ubuntu Online, Fedora Online, Windows online emulator or MAC OS online emulator
PROGRAM:
NAME
pipebench - Shows speed of stdin/stdout communication
SYNOPSIS
pipebench [ -ehqQIoru ] [ -s file | -S file ] [ -b bufsize ]
DESCRIPTION
Measures the speed of stdin/stdout communication.
OPTIONS
-h Displays a help message and exits.
-e If an error occurs, exit (breaking the pipe between stdin and stdout. By default an
error message is printed to stderr and the program continues.
-q Only show summary stats.
-Q Don't show running speed or summary stats. Same as -q -o. Can be used to play with
buffer size.
-o Don't show summary.
-b bufsize
Use this buffer size, in bytes.
-r Just show raw speed, no fancy stuff. And no summary.
-s file
Write status to file instead of stderr.
-S file
Write status to file instead of stderr.
-I Use 1kB = 1000B, instead of the default 1024B.
-u Don't convet to units (kilo, Mega, etc...)
EXAMPLES
Benchmark and show progress of backup
# (cd /home/; tar cf - .) | pipebench | (cd /mnt/backup/; tar xf -)
A number to brag to your friends about
$ dd if=/dev/zero bs=80k count=60k 2> /dev/null | ./pipebench -q > /dev/null
Use pipebench online using onworks.net services
