Usage: /usr/bin/fping [options] [targets...]
Probing options:
-4, --ipv4 only ping IPv4 addresses
-6, --ipv6 only ping IPv6 addresses
-b, --size=BYTES amount of ping data to send, in bytes (default: 56)
-B, --backoff=N set exponential backoff factor to N (default: 1.5)
-c, --count=N count mode: send N pings to each target and report stats
-f, --file=FILE read list of targets from a file ( - means stdin)
-g, --generate generate target list (only if no -f specified),
limited to at most 131072 targets
(give start and end IP in the target list, or a CIDR address)
(ex. /usr/bin/fping -g 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.255 or /usr/bin/fping -g 192.168.1.0/24)
-H, --ttl=N set the IP TTL value (Time To Live hops)
-i, --interval=MSEC interval between sending ping packets (default: 10 ms)
-I, --iface=IFACE bind to a particular interface
-k, --fwmark=FWMARK set the routing mark
-l, --loop loop mode: send pings forever
-m, --all use all IPs of provided hostnames (e.g. IPv4 and IPv6), use with -A
-M, --dontfrag set the Don't Fragment flag
-O, --tos=N set the type of service (tos) flag on the ICMP packets
-p, --period=MSEC interval between ping packets to one target (in ms)
(in loop and count modes, default: 1000 ms)
-r, --retry=N number of retries (default: 3)
-R, --random random packet data (to foil link data compression)
-S, --src=IP set source address
--seqmap-timeout=MSEC sequence number mapping timeout (default: 10000 ms)
-t, --timeout=MSEC individual target initial timeout (default: 500 ms,
except with -l/-c/-C, where it's the -p period up to 2000 ms)
--check-source discard replies not from target address
--icmp-timestamp use ICMP Timestamp instead of ICMP Echo
Output options:
-a, --alive show targets that are alive
-A, --addr show targets by address
-C, --vcount=N same as -c, report results (not stats) in verbose format
-d, --rdns show targets by name (force reverse-DNS lookup)
-D, --timestamp print timestamp before each output line
--timestamp-format=FORMAT show timestamp in the given format (-D required): ctime|iso|rfc3339
-e, --elapsed show elapsed time on return packets
-J, --json output in JSON format (-c, -C, or -l required)
-n, --name show targets by name (reverse-DNS lookup for target IPs)
-N, --netdata output compatible for netdata (-l -Q are required)
-o, --outage show the accumulated outage time (lost packets * packet interval)
-q, --quiet quiet (don't show per-target/per-ping results)
-Q, --squiet=SECS[,cumulative] same as -q, but add interval summary every SECS seconds,
with 'cumulative', print stats since beginning
-s, --stats print final stats
-u, --unreach show targets that are unreachable
-v, --version show version
-x, --reachable=N shows if >=N hosts are reachable or not
-X, --fast-reachable=N exits true immediately when N hosts are found
--print-tos show received TOS value
--print-ttl show IP TTL value
Options (45)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-4, --ipv4 | Restrict name resolution and IPs to IPv4 addresses. | help + man |
-6, --ipv6 | Restrict name resolution and IPs to IPv6 addresses. | help + man |
-b, --size BYTES | amount of ping data to send, in bytes (default: 56) | help + man |
-B, --backoff N | set exponential backoff factor to N (default: 1.5) | help + man |
-c, --count N | count mode: send N pings to each target and report stats | help + man |
-f, --file FILE | read list of targets from a file ( - means stdin) | help + man |
-g, --generate addr/mask | generate target list (only if no -f specified), limited to at most 131072 targets (give start and end IP in the target list, or a CIDR address) (ex. | help + man |
-H, --ttl N | Set the IP TTL field (time to live hops). | help + man |
-i, --interval MSEC | The minimum amount of time (in milliseconds) between sending a ping packet to any target (default is 10, minimum is 0 (1 for non-root users if fping was configured with "--enable-safe-limits")). | help + man |
-I, --iface IFACE | Set the interface (requires SO_BINDTODEVICE support). | help + man |
-l, --loop | Loop sending packets to each target indefinitely. | help + man |
-m, --all | Send pings to each of a target host's multiple IP addresses (use of option '-A' is recommended). | help + man |
-M, --dontfrag | Set the "Don't Fragment" bit in the IP header (used to determine/test the MTU). | help + man |
-O, --tos N | set the type of service (tos) flag on the ICMP packets | help + man |
-p, --period MSEC | In looping or counting modes (-l, -c, or -C), this parameter sets the time in milliseconds that fping waits between successive packets to an individual target. | help + man |
-r, --retry N | number of retries (default: 3) | help + man |
-R, --random | Instead of using all-zeros as the packet data, generate random bytes. | help + man |
-S, --src IP | Set source address. | help + man |
-a, --alive | Show systems that are alive. | help + man |
-A, --addr | Display targets by address rather than DNS name. | help + man |
-C, --vcount N | Similar to -c, but the per-target statistics are displayed in a format designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. | help + man |
-d, --rdns | show targets by name (force reverse-DNS lookup) | help + man |
-D, --timestamp | Add Unix timestamps in front of output lines generated with in looping or counting modes (-l, -c, or -C). | help + man |
--timestamp-format FORMAT | show timestamp in the given format (-D required): ctime|iso|rfc3339 | help |
-e, --elapsed | Show elapsed (round-trip) time of packets. | help + man |
-J, --json | output in JSON format (-c, -C, or -l required) | help + man |
-n, --name | If targets are specified as IP addresses, do a reverse-DNS lookup on them to print hostnames in the output. | help + man |
-N, --netdata | output compatible for netdata (-l -Q are required) | help + man |
-o, --outage | Calculate "outage time" based on the number of lost pings and the interval used (useful for network convergence tests). | help + man |
-q, --quiet | quiet (don't show per-target/per-ping results) | help + man |
-Q, --squiet SECS | same as -q, but add interval summary every SECS seconds, with 'cumulative', print stats since beginning | help |
-s, --stats | Print cumulative statistics upon exit. | help + man |
-u, --unreach | Show targets that are unreachable. | help + man |
-v, --version | Print fping version information. | help + man |
-x, --reachable N | Given a list of hosts, this mode checks if number of reachable hosts is >= N and exits true in that case. | help + man |
--print-tos | Displays the TOS value in the output. | help + man |
--print-ttl | Displays the IPv4 TTL value from the IP Header in the output. | help + man |
--check-source | Discard Echo replies that are sourced from a different address than the target address. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-h, --help | Print usage message. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--icmp-timestamp | Send ICMP timestamp requests (ICMP type 13) instead of ICMP Echo requests. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-k, --fwmark FWMARK | Set FWMARK on ping packets for policy-based routing. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
--seqmap-timeout MSEC | Timeout for sequence number mappings in milliseconds. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-t, --timeout MSEC | Initial target timeout in milliseconds. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-T n | Ignored (for compatibility with fping 2.4). (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-X, --fast-reachable N | Given a list of hosts, this mode immediately exits true once N alive hosts have been found. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
Exit status (3) from the manual page
0 | all the hosts (or the number of hosts specified with -x or -X) are reachable |
1 | some (or too many with -x or -X) hosts were unreachable |
2 | any IP addresses were not found |
Examples (1) from the manual page, untested
fping --quiet --interval=1 --vcount=20 --period=50 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2
Generate 20 pings to two hosts in ca.
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