ab:tldr:8b04a

ab: Execute 100 HTTP GET requests to a given URL.

$ ab -n ${100} ${url}

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The command "ab -n ${100} ${url}" is using the "ab" command-line tool to perform benchmarking (load testing) on a specified URL.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

"ab" is the command itself, which stands for "ApacheBench." It is a tool commonly used to benchmark the performance of web servers.
"-n ${100}" is an option followed by a value. The "-n" option specifies the total number of requests to be made to the URL. In this case, the value is specified as "${100}", which suggests the value is provided as a variable. The actual value of the variable should be 100.
"${url}" is another placeholder variable. It represents the URL that you want to test. The actual URL should be provided in place of "${url}".

To put it simply, the command is asking the "ab" tool to send 100 total requests to the given URL in order to measure the performance and response time of the server.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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