Use nethogs utility to display current bandwidth grouped by a process

Inspect nethogs
package description.
$ sudo apt info nethogs
Package: nethogs Version: 0.8.5-2+b1 Priority: optional Section: net Source: nethogs (0.8.5-2) Maintainer: Paulo Roberto Alves de Oliveira (aka kretcheu) <kretcheu@gmail.com> Installed-Size: 80.9 kB Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncurses6 (>= 6), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6) Homepage: https://github.com/raboof/nethogs Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c++, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::monitor, works-with::network-traffic Download-Size: 30.9 kB APT-Sources: http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 Packages Description: Net top tool grouping bandwidth per process NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process. NetHogs does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded.
Install nethogs
package.
$ sudo apt install nethogs
By default, it requires root privileges.
$ /usr/sbin/nethogs
To run nethogs without being root you need to enable capabilities on the program (cap_net_admin, cap_net_raw), see the documentation for details.
Enable capabilities required to use it a regular user.
$ sudo setcap "cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw+pe" /usr/sbin/nethogs
Create a link for convenience.
$ sudo ln -s /usr/sbin/nethogs /usr/local/bin/
Display help information.
$ nethogs -h
usage: nethogs [-V] [-h] [-b] [-d seconds] [-v mode] [-c count] [-t] [-p] [-s] [device [device [device ...]]] -V : prints version. -h : prints this help. -b : bughunt mode - implies tracemode. -d : delay for update refresh rate in seconds. default is 1. -v : view mode (0 = KB/s, 1 = total KB, 2 = total B, 3 = total MB). default is 0. -c : number of updates. default is 0 (unlimited). -t : tracemode. -p : sniff in promiscious mode (not recommended). -s : sort output by sent column. -a : monitor all devices, even loopback/stopped ones. device : device(s) to monitor. default is all interfaces up and running excluding loopback When nethogs is running, press: q: quit s: sort by SENT traffic r: sort by RECEIVE traffic m: switch between total (KB, B, MB) and KB/s mode
Execute nethogs
to monitor bandwitch usage.
$ nethogs