.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.12. .TH SSH-PING "1" "January 2020" "SSH-TOOLS" "User Commands" .SH NAME ssh-ping \- check if host is reachable using ssh_config .SH DESCRIPTION .IP Usage: ssh\-ping [OPTIONS] [user@]hostname .IP OPTIONS: .TP \fB\-4\fR Use IPv4 only .TP \fB\-6\fR Use IPv6 only .TP \fB\-c\fR count Stop after sending request packets .TP \fB\-F\fR configfile Specifies an alternative per\-user configuration file. If a configuration file is given on the command line, the system\-wide configuration file ( \fI\,/etc/ssh/ssh_config\/\fP ) will be ignored. The default for the per\-user configuration file is ~/.ssh/config. .TP \fB\-h\fR Show this message .TP \fB\-i\fR interval Wait seconds between sending each request. The default is 1 second. .TP \fB\-l\fR user Try login with as username. The default is $USER. .TP \fB\-D\fR Print timestamp (unix time + microseconds as in gettimeofday) before each line .TP \fB\-H\fR Print timestamp (human readable) before each line .TP \fB\-W\fR timeout Time to wait for a response, in seconds .TP \fB\-p\fR port Port to connect to on the remote host. This can be specified on a per\-host basis in the configuration file. .TP \fB\-q\fR Quiet output. Nothing is displayed except the summary lines at startup time and when finished .TP \fB\-v\fR Verbose output