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iftop vs ltrace

A side-by-side look at iftop and ltrace. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

iftop

iftop

Network & Admin

iftop is an open source command-line tool used to monitor network usage and bandwidth in real-time. It displays a table of current TCP/IP connections using bandwidth over a specified interface.

networkmonitoringbandwidthtcpipconnectionsrealtime
ltrace

ltrace

Development

ltrace is a debugging utility that intercepts and records dynamic library calls which are called by an executed process. It can be used to trace calls made by programs to shared libraries and helps debug issues caused by dynamic linking.

librarydebuggingtracingdynamic-linking

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