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.TH PING6 "1" "September 2021" "GNU inetutils 2.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
ping6 \- Packets to network hosts
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ping6
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...] \fI\,HOST \/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts.
.IP
Options valid for all request types:
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-count\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
stop after sending NUMBER packets
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
set the SO_DEBUG option
.TP
\fB\-\-hoplimit\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
specify N as hop\-limit
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interval\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
wait NUMBER seconds between sending each packet
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-numeric\fR
do not resolve host addresses
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-routing\fR
send directly to a host on an attached network
.TP
\fB\-\-ttl\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
synonym for \fB\-\-hoplimit\fR
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-tos\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
set traffic class to N
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
verbose output
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-timeout\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
stop after N seconds
.IP
Options valid for \fB\-\-echo\fR requests:
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-flood\fR
flood ping (root only)
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-preload\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
send NUMBER packets as fast as possible before
falling into normal mode of behavior (root only)
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pattern\fR=\fI\,PATTERN\/\fR
fill ICMP packet with given pattern (hex)
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
quiet output
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-size\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
send NUMBER data octets
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
give this help list
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
give a short usage message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print program version
.PP
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
.PP
Options marked with (root only) are available only to superuser.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Jeroen Dekkers.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-inetutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B ping6
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B ping6
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info ping6
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.