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SSH-PING(1) User Commands SSH-PING(1)

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
-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
December 2018 SSH-TOOLS