.TH PING3 1
.SH NAME
ping3 \- ICMP ping using raw sockets implemented in Python 3
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBping3 [OPTION] [DEST_ADDR ...]\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
ICMP ping implementation using raw sockets in Python 3.

This manual page is for the \fBping3\fR executable. The Python module documentation is in \fI/usr/share/doc/python3-ping3/README.md.gz\fR.

Usually, only processes running as \fBroot\fR can create raw sockets. See \fI/usr/share/doc/python3-ping3/TROUBLESHOOTING.md\fP to be able to use \fBping3\fR without root privileges.

.TP
\fBDEST_ADDR\fR
The destination address can be an IP address or a domain name. Ex. 192.168.1.1 or example.com

.TP
\fB-c COUNT, --count COUNT\fR
Number of pings to be sent. Default is 4.

.TP
\fB-t TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT\fR
Time to wait for a response, in seconds. Default is 4.

.TP
\fB-i INTERNAL, --interval INTERVAL\fR
Time to wait between each packet, in seconds. Default is 0.

.TP
\fB-I INTERFACE, --interface INTERFACE\fR
LINUX ONLY. The gateway network interface to ping from. Default is None.

.TP
\fB-S SRC_ADDR, --src SRC_ADDR\fR
The IP address to ping from. This is for multiple network interfaces. Default is None.

.TP
\fB-T TTL, --ttl TTL\fR
The Time-To-Live of the outgoing packet. Default is 64.

.TP
\fB-s SIZE, --size SIZE\fR
The ICMP packet payload size in bytes. Default is 56.

.TP
\fB-D, --debug\fR
Turn on DEBUG mode.

.TP
\fB-E, --exceptions\fR
Turn on EXCEPTIONS mode.

.TP
\fB-h, --help\fR
Show help message and exit.

.TP
\fB-v, --version\fR
Show program's version number and exit.

.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina.cat> for the \fBDebian\fR system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

.SH SEE ALSO
ping(8)

Full documentation in \fI/usr/share/doc/python3-ping3/README.md.gz\fP