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.TH TRACEROUTE "1" "September 2021" "GNU inetutils 2.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
traceroute \- Trace the route to a host
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B traceroute
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...] \fI\,HOST\/\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Print the route packets trace to network host.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-first\-hop\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR
set initial hop distance, i.e., time\-to\-live
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-gateways\fR=\fI\,GATES\/\fR
list of gateways for loose source routing
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-icmp\fR
use ICMP ECHO as probe
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-max\-hop\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR
set maximal hop count (default: 64)
.TP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-type\fR=\fI\,METHOD\/\fR
use METHOD (`icmp' or `udp') for traceroute
operations, defaulting to `udp'
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-port\fR=\fI\,PORT\/\fR
use destination PORT port (default: 33434)
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-tries\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR
send NUM probe packets per hop (default: 3)
.TP
\fB\-\-resolve\-hostnames\fR
resolve hostnames
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tos\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR
set type of service (TOS) to NUM
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wait\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR
wait NUM seconds for response (default: 3)
.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.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Elian Gidoni.
.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 traceroute
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B traceroute
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info traceroute
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.