NAME¶
ping6 - Packets to network hosts
SYNOPSIS¶
ping6 [
OPTION...]
HOST ...
DESCRIPTION¶
Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts.
- Options valid for all request types:
- -c, --count=NUMBER
- stop after sending NUMBER packets
- -d, --debug
- set the SO_DEBUG option
- --hoplimit=N
- specify N as hop-limit
- -i, --interval=NUMBER
- wait NUMBER seconds between sending each packet
- -n, --numeric
- do not resolve host addresses
- -r, --ignore-routing
- send directly to a host on an attached network
- --ttl=N
- synonym for --hoplimit
- -T, --tos=N
- set traffic class to N
- -v, --verbose
- verbose output
- -w, --timeout=N
- stop after N seconds
- Options valid for --echo requests:
- -f, --flood
- flood ping (root only)
- -l, --preload=NUMBER
- send NUMBER packets as fast as possible before falling into normal mode of
behavior (root only)
- -p, --pattern=PATTERN
- fill ICMP packet with given pattern (hex)
- -q, --quiet
- quiet output
- -s, --size=NUMBER
- send NUMBER data octets
- -?, --help
- give this help list
- --usage
- give a short usage message
- -V, --version
- print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
Options marked with (root only) are available only to superuser.
AUTHOR¶
Written by Jeroen Dekkers.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later <
https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.