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rankmirrors:tldr:104f0
rankmirrors: Output only a given number of the top ranking servers.
$ rankmirrors -n ${number} ${-etc-pacman-d-mirrorlist}
try on your machine
The rankmirrors
command is a tool used in Arch Linux-based systems to sort the mirrors in the mirrorlist
file according to their response time. It is typically used to find the fastest and most up-to-date mirrors for downloading packages.
Let's break down the given command:
rankmirrors
: This is the command itself.-n ${number}
: This flag specifies the number of mirrors to be ranked.${number}
is a placeholder that should be replaced with an actual number representing the desired amount of ranked mirrors.${-etc-pacman-d-mirrorlist}
: This is a placeholder that refers to the location of themirrorlist
file, which contains a list of available mirrors. It is usually located at/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
.
When you execute this command, it will read the mirrorlist
file, ping each mirror to measure its response time, and then generate a new mirrorlist
file with the fastest mirrors ranked at the top.
The generated mirrorlist
file can be used to update the original mirrorlist
file. This ensures that the package manager (Pacman) uses the fastest mirrors for downloading software packages, improving download speeds and overall system performance.
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.