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/usr/bin/nstat

IP Routing Utilities

From iproute2 7.3.0-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running nstat --help (exit 255). permalink

Usage: nstat [OPTION] [ PATTERN [ PATTERN ] ]
   -h, --help          this message
   -a, --ignore        ignore history
   -d, --scan=SECS     sample every statistics every SECS
   -j, --json          format output in JSON
   -n, --nooutput      do history only
   -p, --pretty        pretty print
   -r, --reset         reset history
   -s, --noupdate      don't update history
   -t, --interval=SECS report average over the last SECS
   -V, --version       output version information
   -z, --zeros         show entries with zero activity
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --help Printthis messagehelp + man
-a, --ignoreDump absolute values of counters.help + man
-d, --scan SECSRun in daemon mode collecting statistics.help + man
-j, --jsonDisplay results in JSON format.help + man
-n, --nooutputDo not display anything, only update history.help + man
-p, --prettyWhen combined with --json, pretty print the output.help + man
-r, --resetReset history.help + man
-s, --noupdateDo not update history, so that the next time you will see counters including values accumulated up to this measurement.help + man
-V, --versionoutput version informationhelp + man
-z, --zerosshow entries with zero activityhelp + man
-t, --interval INTERVALTime interval to average rates. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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