ping(8) - SerenityOS man pages

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ping - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts

$ ping [--count count] [-i interval] [-W interval] [--size size] [--quiet] [-t ttl] [--adaptive] [--flood] <host>

--help: Display help message and exit.
--version: Print version.
-c count, --count count: Stop after sending specified number of ECHO_REQUEST packets.
-i interval: Wait interval seconds between sending each ECHO_REQUEST packet. Fractional seconds are allowed. Only super-user can set the interval value less than 0.2 seconds.
-W interval: Time in seconds to wait for a reply for each packet sent. Fractional seconds are allowed. 0 means infinite timeout.
-s size, --size size: Amount of bytes to send as payload in the ECHO_REQUEST packets.
-q, --quiet: Quiet mode. Only display the summary when finished.
-t, --ttl: Set the TTL(time-to-live) value of the ICMP packets.
-A, --adaptive: Adaptive ping. The interval between each ECHO_REQUEST adapts to the RTT(round-trip-time).
-f, --flood: Flood ping. For every ECHO_REQUEST sent a period '.' is printed, while for every ECHO_REPLY received a backspace is printed. This provides a rapid display of how many packets are being dropped. If interval is not given, it sets interval to 0 and outputs packets as fast as they come back. Only super-user may use this option with 0 interval.