ping

Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts. More information: https://manned.org/ping.

• Ping host:

ping host

• Ping a host only a specific number of times:

ping -c count host

• Ping host, specifying the interval in seconds between requests (default is 1 second):

ping -i seconds host

• Ping host without trying to lookup symbolic names for addresses:

ping -n host

• Ping host and ring the bell when a packet is received (if your terminal supports it):

ping -a host

• Also display a message if no response was received:

ping -O host

• Ping a host with specific number of pings, per-packet response timeout (-W), and total time limit (-w) of the entire ping run:

ping -c count -W seconds -w seconds host