Name

ping — stdin  stdout  - file  -- opt  --help  --version

Synopsis

ping [options] host

The ping command tells you if a remote host is reachable. It sends small packets (ICMP packets to be precise) to a remote host and waits for responses.

➜ ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.226.144) from 192.168.0.10 :
56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.google.com (74.125.226.144): icmp_seq=0
  ttl=49 time=32.390 msec
64 bytes from www.google.com (74.125.226.144): icmp_seq=1
  ttl=49 time=24.208 msec
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 24.208/28.299/32.390/4.091 ms

Useful options

-c N

Ping at most N times.

-i N

Wait N seconds (default 1) between pings.

-n

Print IP addresses in the output, rather than hostnames.

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