Network ping

Issue a ping request to a network location identified by the host variable which can be an IP address or a DNS name.

Usage:

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ping [options] <host>

Options

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-c <count>  number of times to issue a ping [default: 4]
-i <wait>   interval to wait between pings [default: 1.0]
-s <size>   size of the ping request to send

Examples:

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ping foo.example.com