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JMeter functions to analyze and measure the performance of web applications with a variety of other services. The GUI mode of JMeter is perfect for adding and editing new configuration elements, thread groups, and samplers as a result of which you can view a number of different listeners helping for debugging. However, the GUI mode does have a limitation which slows down the CPU utilization while running the recorded script. If we are running multiple listeners in a script, it affects the JMeter performance. To overcome such a situation, the script should be run in the non-GUI mode. There is a benefit to drive more requests per second out of JMeter in non-GUI mode. **Why to use JMeter in Non GUI/command line mode:** - Increasing threads (after certain limit) due to which JMeter crashes in the GUI mode. - For heavy test scenarios (ex: shopping application: login-view product-add to cart-view bill-remove product-pay bill) JMeter consumes memory and CPU and it may affect your test results. - To increase JMeter capabilities, i.e. to get more requests per second. **Running JMeter in command line mode:** Running JMeter using command line in non-GUI mode is very simple. 1. Open command prompt 2. Go into JMeter’s bin folder 3. Enter following command, jmeter -n –t test.jmx -l testresults.jtl ![Running JMeter using command line](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/file-3395401744-png/blog-files/running-jmeter-using-command-line.png) jmeter -n –t test.jmx -l testresults.jtl -n: It specifies JMeter is to run in non-gui mode -t: Name of JMX file that contains the Test Plan -l: Name of JTL(JMeter text logs) file to log results -j: Name of JMeter run log file Other than these options, JMeter has several other parameters that can be used for running in the non-GUI mode. -R: list of remote servers, -H: proxy server hostname or ip address -P: proxy server port **View test result:** Once your test is complete, you will see the following display: ![View test result](https://blog.e-zest.com/hs-fs/file-3395401754-png/blog-files/view-test-result.png) After completing the test, a JTL file will be generated at jmeter2.12/bin folder Follow below steps to view test results from the resultant JTL file. - Open JMeter in GUI mode. - Add any listener Eg. View Results Tree. - Click Browse button of the file name field in listener. - Open testresult.jtl file. - You should be able to see the result in listener now. Would love to address questions from the readers. Kindly post them in the comments section below. - - - ### Similar Blog [![How to Create Own Custom JMeter Template?](https://blog.e-zest.com/hubfs/How%20to%20Create%20Own%20Custom%20JMeter%20Template%201280x667%202560x1334.jpg) How to Create Own Custom JMeter Template? We frequently need to construct Test Plans with a similar format when working on web application performance testing using Apache ... By Kishore Bhamare Feb 28, 2023](https://blog.e-zest.com/how-to-create-own-custom-jmeter-template) [How to simulate network bandwidth in JMeter? The rise of the smartphone and easy connectivity to the internet has made access to information easier with most of them ... 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