NAME¶

traceroute - Trace the route to a host

SYNOPSIS¶

traceroute [ OPTION...] HOST

DESCRIPTION¶

Print the route packets trace to network host.

-f, --first-hop=NUM

set initial hop distance, i.e., time-to-live

-g, --gateways=GATES

list of gateways for loose source routing

-I, --icmp

use ICMP ECHO as probe

-m, --max-hop=NUM

set maximal hop count (default: 64)

-M, --type=METHOD

use METHOD (`icmp' or `udp') for traceroute operations, defaulting to `udp'

-p, --port=PORT

use destination PORT port (default: 33434)

-q, --tries=NUM

send NUM probe packets per hop (default: 3)

--resolve-hostnames

resolve hostnames

-t, --tos=NUM

set type of service (TOS) to NUM

-w, --wait=NUM

wait NUM seconds for response (default: 3)

-?, --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.

AUTHOR¶

Written by Elian Gidoni.

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.