What tasks the nethogs utility solves

nethogs is a Linux command-line utility that allows you to monitor and analyze network traffic usage at the process level. It lets you know which processes or programs are consuming the most network traffic, and monitors and displays the data transfer rate for each process in real time.

Features of nethogs

Some of the main features of the nethogs program:

1. Real-time display of network bandwidth utilization by process.
2. Display the current transmit and receive data rate for each process.
3. Identification of processes consuming the most network traffic.
4. Ability to sort processes by traffic utilization.
5. Support for monitoring network traffic by a specific network interface or IP address.
6. Display statistics on the amount of data transmitted and received for each process.

The nethogs program can be useful for tracking and identifying processes that use network bandwidth, as well as for diagnosing and solving network traffic problems.

How to install nethogs

To install the nethogs program on Linux, you can use the package manager that is available in your distribution. Here are some commands to install nethogs on different distributions:

For Debian/Ubuntu and its derivatives, use the apt command:

sudo apt-get install nethogs

For Fedora and CentOS, use the yum command:

sudo yum install nethogs

For openSUSE, use the zypper command:

sudo zypper install nethogs

After successful installation, you can run nethogs from the command line with the following command:

sudo nethogs

The program will display information about the processes using network traffic and their corresponding statistics. Note that superuser(root) privileges may be required to install the packages.