NAME¶
ssh-ping - check if host is reachable using ssh_config
DESCRIPTION¶
- Usage: ssh-ping [OPTIONS] [user@]hostname
- OPTIONS:
- -4
- Use IPv4 only
- -6
- Use IPv6 only
- -c count
- Stop after sending <count> request packets
- -F configfile
- Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file. If a configuration
file is given on the command line, the system-wide configuration file (
/etc/ssh/ssh_config ) will be ignored. The default for the per-user
configuration file is ~/.ssh/config.
- -h
- Show this message
- -i interval
- Wait <interval> seconds between sending each request. The default is
1 second.
- -l user
- Try login with <user> as username. The default is $USER.
- -D
- Print timestamp (unix time + microseconds as in gettimeofday) before each
line
- -H
- Print timestamp (human readable) before each line
- -W timeout
- Time to wait for a response, in seconds
- -p port
- Port to connect to on the remote host. This can be specified on a per-host
basis in the configuration file.
- -q
- Quiet output. Nothing is displayed except the summary lines at startup
time and when finished
- -v
- Verbose output
