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Monitor network traffic per interface

Watch live bandwidth usage broken down by network interface using nload or ifstat.

bash
$ # Using nload (apt install nload): nload eth0 # Without extra tools — poll /proc/net/dev: watch -n 1 'cat /proc/net/dev | column -t'
netwatch2026-04-19
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