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siege:tldr:e213d
The command "siege --file ${path-to-url_list-txt}" is used to execute the "siege" command-line tool with a specific file as input.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
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"siege": It refers to the "siege" command-line tool. Siege is a HTTP load testing and benchmarking utility that simulates multiple users accessing a web server simultaneously, helping to measure its performance.
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"--file": It is an option/flag of the "siege" tool. This option allows you to specify a file containing a list of URLs that you want to test with siege. The URLs may be separated by newlines or spaces.
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"${path-to-url_list-txt}": It represents the variable for the path to the file containing the list of URLs (e.g., "url_list.txt"). The provided file path needs to be replaced with the actual path to the desired file on your system.
By running this command, "siege" will read the specified file (${path-to-url_list-txt}), parse the URLs listed inside, and perform load testing/benchmarking on the web server using those URLs.