=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<fping> [ I<options> ] [ I<systems...> ]
+B<fping> [ I<options> ] [ I<systems...> ]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=item B<-a>, B<--alive>
-Show systems that are alive.
+Show systems that are alive.
=item B<-A>, B<--addr>
20 bytes) and ICMP header (8 bytes), so the minimum total size is 40 bytes.
Default is 56, as in B<ping>. Maximum is the theoretical maximum IP datagram
size (64K), though most systems limit this to a smaller, system-dependent
-number.
+number.
=item B<-B>, B<--backoff>=I<N>
target before giving up, waiting longer for a reply on each successive request.
This parameter is the value by which the wait time (B<-t>) is multiplied on each
successive request; it must be entered as a floating-point number (x.y). The
-default is 1.5.
+default is 1.5.
=item B<-c>, B<--count>=I<N>
Number of request packets to send to each target. In this mode, a line is
displayed for each received response (this can suppressed with B<-q> or B<-Q>).
Also, statistics about responses for each target are displayed when all
-requests have been sent (or when interrupted).
+requests have been sent (or when interrupted).
=item B<-C>, B<--vcount>=I<N>
Similar to B<-c>, but the per-target statistics are displayed in a format
-designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:
+designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:
- % fping -C 5 -q somehost
- somehost : 91.7 37.0 29.2 - 36.8
+ $ fping -C 5 -q somehost
+ somehost : 91.7 37.0 29.2 - 36.8
shows the response time in milliseconds for each of the five requests, with the
-C<-> indicating that no response was received to the fourth request.
+C<-> indicating that no response was received to the fourth request.
=item B<-d>, B<--rdns>
=item B<-e>, B<--elapsed>
-Show elapsed (round-trip) time of packets.
+Show elapsed (round-trip) time of packets.
=item B<-f>, B<--file>
Read list of targets from a file. This option can only be used by the root
-user. Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin:
+user. Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin:
- % fping < targets_file
+ $ fping < targets_file
=item B<-g>, B<--generate> I<addr/mask>
excluded. ex. To ping the network 192.168.1.0/24, the specified command line
could look like either:
- fping -g 192.168.1.0/24
+ $ fping -g 192.168.1.0/24
-or
+or
- fping -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254
+ $ fping -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254
=item B<-h>, B<--help>
Print usage message.
+=item B<-H>, B<--ttl>=I<N>
+
+Set the IP TTL field (time to live hops).
+
=item B<-i>, B<--interval>=I<MSEC>
The minimum amount of time (in milliseconds) between sending a ping packet
to any target (default is 25, minimum is 1).
+=item B<-I>, B<--iface>=I<IFACE>
+
+Set the interface (requires SO_BINDTODEVICE support).
+
=item B<-l>, B<--loop>
Loop sending packets to each target indefinitely. Can be interrupted with
-Ctrl-C; statistics about responses for each target are then displayed.
+Ctrl-C; statistics about responses for each target are then displayed.
=item B<-m>, B<--all>
=item B<-n>, B<--name>
If targets are specified as IP addresses, do a reverse-DNS lookup on them
-to
+to
=item B<-N>, B<--netdata>
=item B<-O>, B<--tos>=I<N>
Set the typ of service flag (TOS). I<N> can be either decimal or hexadecimal
-(0xh) format.
+(0xh) format.
=item B<-p>, B<--period>=<MSEC>
=item B<-r>, B<--retry>=I<N>
Retry limit (default 3). This is the number of times an attempt at pinging
-a target will be made, not including the first try.
+a target will be made, not including the first try.
=item B<-R>, B<--random>
=item B<-s>, B<--src>
-Print cumulative statistics upon exit.
+Print cumulative statistics upon exit.
=item B<-S>, B<--src>=I<addr>
-Set source address.
-
-=item B<-I>, B<--iface>=I<IFACE>
-
-Set the interface (requires SO_BINDTODEVICE support)
+Set source address.
=item B<-t>, B<--timeout>=I<MSEC>
=item B<-T> I<n>
-Ignored (for compatibility with fping 2.4).
+Ignored (for compatibility with fping 2.4).
=item B<-u>, B<--unreach>
-Show targets that are unreachable.
+Show targets that are unreachable.
=item B<-v>, B<--version>
-Print B<fping> version information.
-
-=item B<-H>, B<--ttl>=I<N>
-
-Set the IP TTL field (time to live hops).
+Print B<fping> version information.
=back