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siege: Set the amount of concurrent connections.
$ siege --concurrent=${50} --file ${path-to-url_list-txt}
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The command you provided is using the command-line tool Siege to perform load testing on a web server. Here's an explanation of each part of the command:

  • siege: This is the command itself. Siege is a popular open-source load testing and benchmarking tool used to simulate concurrent users accessing a server.
  • --concurrent=${50}: This option sets the number of concurrent users that will be accessing the server. In this case, the value is stored in a variable called "50". This allows you to easily change the number of concurrent users without modifying the command itself.
  • --file ${path-to-url_list-txt}: This option specifies the file from which Siege will read the list of URLs that will be accessed during the load test. The ${path-to-url_list-txt} is a placeholder for the actual path to your specific file containing the URLs. You'll need to replace it with the correct path on your system.

To use this command, you would replace ${50} with the desired number of concurrent users and provide the correct path to a valid file containing a list of URLs.

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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