vegeta:tldr:a4a8b

vegeta: Launch an attack and plot the results on a graph (latency over time).

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$ echo "${GET https:--example-com}" | vegeta attack -duration=${30s} | vegeta plot > ${path-to-results-html}

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This command is a combination of multiple commands and is used to perform a load test on a website using the Vegeta tool.

Let's break down the command step by step:

echo "${GET https:--example-com}": This command sends a GET request to the specified URL. In this case, the URL being used as an example is "https://example.com". The echo command is used to print the specified string.
| vegeta attack -duration=${30s}: The | (pipe) symbol is used to redirect the output of the previous command to the next command. The vegeta attack command is then used to perform the load test attack on the specified URL. The -duration flag is set to specify the duration of the attack. In this case, the duration is set to 30 seconds using the ${30s} syntax.
| vegeta plot > ${path-to-results-html}: Another pipe symbol is used to redirect the output of the previous command to the vegeta plot command. This command generates a plot of the results of the attack. The > symbol is used to redirect the output of the vegeta plot command to a specified file. In this case, the path to the results HTML file is specified using the ${path-to-results-html} syntax.

So, in summary, this command sends a GET request to a specified URL, performs a load test attack on the website for 30 seconds using Vegeta, and generates a plot of the results in an HTML file.

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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