ping

Networking

Test network connectivity to a host

Options & Flags

Available options for this command

-c count

Stop after sending count packets

-i interval

Wait interval seconds between packets

-W timeout

Time to wait for response

Examples

Common usage examples

Ping google.com continuously

ping google.com

Send only 4 ping packets

ping -c 4 google.com

Notes

Press Ctrl+C to stop continuous ping
Useful for checking network connectivity

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