Re: Any command to control the upload bandwidth of a running program

["Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl.jorgensen@nice.com>]

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 12:26:46PM +0100, J. Bakshi wrote:
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> I wonder if there is any linux command which can decrease / reshape
> the bandwidth usage of a running program. Say upload via scp..

This will largely be application specific - unless you want to go the traffic shaping route.

For scp: check out the -l option:

     -l limit
             Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.

Hope this helps

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Karl E. Jorgensen