Speedtest from Terminal OSX
Open terminal and copy-paste
$ curl -o /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test10.zip
Create permanent alias
$ nano ~/.bash\_profile
and insert this:
alias speedtest="curl -o /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test10.zip"
another useful alias
alias clr="clear" # Clear your terminal screen
alias flush="sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches" # Flush DNS (Yosemite)
alias flush="killall -HUP mDNSResponder" # Flush DNS (Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion)
alias flush="dscacheutil -flushcache" # Flush DNS (Snow Leopard, Leopard)
alias ip="curl icanhazip.com" # Your public IP address
alias ll="ls -al" # List all files in current directory in long list format
alias ldir="ls -al | grep ^d" # List all directories in current directory in long list format
alias o="open ." # Open the current directory in Finder
alias ut="uptime" # Computer uptime
after saving the .bash_profile
close your current window terminal and reopen