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=over 5
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=over 5
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=item B<-4>
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=item B<-4>, B<--ipv4>
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Restrict name resolution and IPs to IPv4 addresses.
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Restrict name resolution and IPs to IPv4 addresses.
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=item B<-6>
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=item B<-6>, B<--ipv6>
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Restrict name resolution and IPs to IPv6 addresses.
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Restrict name resolution and IPs to IPv6 addresses.
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=item B<-a>
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=item B<-a>, B<--alive>
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Show systems that are alive.
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Show systems that are alive.
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=item B<-A>
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=item B<-A>, B<--addr>
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Display targets by address rather than DNS name. Combined with -d, the output
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Display targets by address rather than DNS name. Combined with -d, the output
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will be both the ip and (if available) the hostname.
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will be both the ip and (if available) the hostname.
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=item B<-b> I<n>
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=item B<-b>, B<--size>=I<BYTES>
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Number of bytes of ping data to send. The minimum size (normally 12) allows
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Number of bytes of ping data to send. The minimum size (normally 12) allows
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room for the data that B<fping> needs to do its work (sequence number,
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room for the data that B<fping> needs to do its work (sequence number,
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@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Default is 56, as in B<ping>. Maximum is the theoretical maximum IP datagram
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size (64K), though most systems limit this to a smaller, system-dependent
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size (64K), though most systems limit this to a smaller, system-dependent
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number.
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number.
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=item B<-B> I<n>
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=item B<-B>, B<--backoff>=I<N>
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Backoff factor. In the default mode, B<fping> sends several requests to a
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Backoff factor. In the default mode, B<fping> sends several requests to a
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target before giving up, waiting longer for a reply on each successive request.
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target before giving up, waiting longer for a reply on each successive request.
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successive request; it must be entered as a floating-point number (x.y). The
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successive request; it must be entered as a floating-point number (x.y). The
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default is 1.5.
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default is 1.5.
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=item B<-c> I<n>
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=item B<-c>, B<--count>=I<N>
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Number of request packets to send to each target. In this mode, a line is
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Number of request packets to send to each target. In this mode, a line is
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displayed for each received response (this can suppressed with B<-q> or B<-Q>).
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displayed for each received response (this can suppressed with B<-q> or B<-Q>).
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Also, statistics about responses for each target are displayed when all
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Also, statistics about responses for each target are displayed when all
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requests have been sent (or when interrupted).
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requests have been sent (or when interrupted).
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=item B<-C> I<n>
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=item B<-C>, B<--vcount>=I<N>
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Similar to B<-c>, but the per-target statistics are displayed in a format
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Similar to B<-c>, but the per-target statistics are displayed in a format
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designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:
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designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:
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shows the response time in milliseconds for each of the five requests, with the
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shows the response time in milliseconds for each of the five requests, with the
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C<-> indicating that no response was received to the fourth request.
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C<-> indicating that no response was received to the fourth request.
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=item B<-d>
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=item B<-d>, B<--rdns>
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Use DNS to lookup address of return ping packet. This allows you to give fping
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Use DNS to lookup address of return ping packet. This allows you to give fping
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a list of IP addresses as input and print hostnames in the output.
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a list of IP addresses as input and print hostnames in the output. This is similar
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to option B<-n>/B<--name>, but will force a reverse-DNS lookup even if you give
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hostnames as target (NAME->IP->NAME).
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=item B<-D>
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=item B<-D>, B<--timestamp>
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Add Unix timestamps in front of output lines generated with in looping or counting
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Add Unix timestamps in front of output lines generated with in looping or counting
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modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>).
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modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>).
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=item B<-e>
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=item B<-e>, B<--elapsed>
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Show elapsed (round-trip) time of packets.
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Show elapsed (round-trip) time of packets.
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=item B<-f>
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=item B<-f>, B<--file>
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Read list of targets from a file. This option can only be used by the root
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Read list of targets from a file. This option can only be used by the root
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user. Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin:
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user. Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin:
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% fping < targets_file
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% fping < targets_file
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=item B<-g> I<addr/mask>
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=item B<-g>, B<--generate> I<addr/mask>
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Generate a target list from a supplied IP netmask, or a starting and ending IP.
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Generate a target list from a supplied IP netmask, or a starting and ending IP.
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Specify the netmask or start/end in the targets portion of the command line. If
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Specify the netmask or start/end in the targets portion of the command line. If
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fping -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254
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fping -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254
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=item B<-h>
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=item B<-h>, B<--help>
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Print usage message.
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Print usage message.
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=item B<-i> I<n>
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=item B<-i>, B<--interval>=I<MSEC>
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The minimum amount of time (in milliseconds) between sending a ping packet
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The minimum amount of time (in milliseconds) between sending a ping packet
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to any target (default is 25, minimum is 1).
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to any target (default is 25, minimum is 1).
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=item B<-l>
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=item B<-l>, B<--loop>
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Loop sending packets to each target indefinitely. Can be interrupted with
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Loop sending packets to each target indefinitely. Can be interrupted with
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Ctrl-C; statistics about responses for each target are then displayed.
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Ctrl-C; statistics about responses for each target are then displayed.
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=item B<-m>
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=item B<-m>, B<--all>
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Send pings to each of a target host's multiple IP addresses (use of option '-A'
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Send pings to each of a target host's multiple IP addresses (use of option '-A'
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is recommended).
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is recommended).
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=item B<-M>
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=item B<-M>, B<--dontfrag>
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Set the "Don't Fragment" bit in the IP header (used to determine/test the MTU).
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Set the "Don't Fragment" bit in the IP header (used to determine/test the MTU).
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=item B<-n>
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=item B<-n>, B<--name>
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Same as -d.
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If targets are specified as IP addresses, do a reverse-DNS lookup on them
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=item B<-N>
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=item B<-N>, B<--netdata>
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Format output for netdata (-l -Q are required). See: L<http://my-netdata.io/>
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Format output for netdata (-l -Q are required). See: L<http://my-netdata.io/>
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=item B<-o>
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=item B<-o>, B<--outage>
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Calculate "outage time" based on the number of lost pings and the interval used (useful for network convergence tests).
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Calculate "outage time" based on the number of lost pings and the interval used (useful for network convergence tests).
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=item B<-O> I<n>
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=item B<-O>, B<--tos>=I<N>
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Set the typ of service flag (TOS). I<n> can be either decimal or hexadecimal
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Set the typ of service flag (TOS). I<N> can be either decimal or hexadecimal
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(0xh) format.
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(0xh) format.
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=item B<-p> <n>
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=item B<-p>, B<--period>=<MSEC>
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In looping or counting modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>), this parameter sets
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In looping or counting modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>), this parameter sets
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the time in milliseconds that B<fping> waits between successive packets to
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the time in milliseconds that B<fping> waits between successive packets to
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an individual target. Default is 1000 and minimum is 10.
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an individual target. Default is 1000 and minimum is 10.
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=item B<-q>
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=item B<-q>, B<--quet>
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Quiet. Don't show per-probe results, but only the final summary. Also don't
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Quiet. Don't show per-probe results, but only the final summary. Also don't
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show ICMP error messages.
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show ICMP error messages.
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=item B<-Q> I<n>
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=item B<-Q>, B<--squiet>=I<SECS>
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Like B<-q>, but show summary results every n seconds.
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Like B<-q>, but show summary results every n seconds.
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=item B<-r> I<n>
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=item B<-r>, B<--retry>=I<N>
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Retry limit (default 3). This is the number of times an attempt at pinging
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Retry limit (default 3). This is the number of times an attempt at pinging
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a target will be made, not including the first try.
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a target will be made, not including the first try.
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=item B<-R>
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=item B<-R>, B<--random>
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Instead of using all-zeros as the packet data, generate random bytes.
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Instead of using all-zeros as the packet data, generate random bytes.
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Use to defeat, e.g., link data compression.
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Use to defeat, e.g., link data compression.
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=item B<-s>
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=item B<-s>, B<--src>
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Print cumulative statistics upon exit.
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Print cumulative statistics upon exit.
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=item B<-S> I<addr>
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=item B<-S>, B<--src>=I<addr>
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Set source address.
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Set source address.
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=item B<-I> I<if>
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=item B<-I>, B<--iface>=I<IFACE>
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Set the interface (requires SO_BINDTODEVICE support)
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Set the interface (requires SO_BINDTODEVICE support)
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=item B<-t> I<n>
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=item B<-t>, B<--timeout>=I<MSEC>
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Initial target timeout in milliseconds (default 500). In the default mode, this
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Initial target timeout in milliseconds (default 500). In the default mode, this
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is the amount of time that B<fping> waits for a response to its first request.
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is the amount of time that B<fping> waits for a response to its first request.
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Ignored (for compatibility with fping 2.4).
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Ignored (for compatibility with fping 2.4).
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=item B<-u>
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=item B<-u>, B<--unreach>
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Show targets that are unreachable.
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Show targets that are unreachable.
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=item B<-v>
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=item B<-v>, B<--version>
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Print B<fping> version information.
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Print B<fping> version information.
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=item B<-H> I<n>
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=item B<-H>, B<--ttl>=I<N>
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Set the IP TTL field (time to live hops).
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Set the IP TTL field (time to live hops).
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@ -218,12 +221,10 @@ Set the IP TTL field (time to live hops).
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=head1 EXAMPLES
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=head1 EXAMPLES
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Generate ~1000 pings per second to a host until canceled, printing statistics
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Generate 20 pings to two hosts in ca. 1 second (i.e. one ping every 50 ms to
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on the fly at one second intervals, and printing statistics at the end:
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each host), and report every ping RTT at the end:
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# fping -s -l -i 1 -p 1 -T 1 -Q 1 127.0.0.1
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$ fping --quiet --interval=1 --vcount=20 --period=50 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2
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Note that ping intervals less than 1ms can only be used as root.
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=head1 AUTHORS
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=head1 AUTHORS
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