running speedtest-cli automatically?

Mark MacKenzie mjmackenzie22 at windstream.net
Wed Dec 3 14:04:04 UTC 2014


Good morning.

I live in an area (northern New Mexico) where the internet service is 
decent during the day but falls off miserably during the evening when of 
course everyone around me is using it.

However, the local provider (Windstream) insists on testing the download 
speeds only during the day when I complain so of course the download 
speed makes spec, during that time.  During the day it is usually about 
7 mbsec.  That is only during the normal work week.

So, I downloaded and installed speedtest-cli.  It runs well from the 
command line.  I would like to have it run every 10 or 15 minutes and 
record the speed test in a file so that I can graph it.  I would also 
need the system time.

I am not literate enough in command line syntax or structure to program 
this.

Does anyone know how to do this with speedtest-cli or can suggest 
another program which can?

Oh, yes, I am running the current Lubuntu distro on an older Pentium IV 
sony Vaio.

Thank you

Matadormac
Alcalde, NM



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