prettyping1
A better ping tool based on iputils-ping
Usage
prettyping [prettypingparameters]
<standardpingparameters>
Overview
This script is a wrapper around the system's "ping" tool. It will substitute each ping response line by a colored character, giving a very compact overview of the ping responses.
prettypingparameters:
--[no]color-
Enable/disable color output. (default: enabled)
--[no]multicolor-
Enable/disable multi-color unicode output. Has no effect if either color or unicode is disabled. (default: enabled)
--[no]unicode-
Enable/disable unicode characters. (default: enabled)
--[no]legend-
Enable/disable the latency legend. (default: enabled)
--[no]terminal-
Force the output designed to a terminal. (default: auto)
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--last <n> -
Use the last "n" pings at the statistics line. (default: 60)
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--columns <n> -
Override auto-detection of terminal dimensions.
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--lines <n> -
Override auto-detection of terminal dimensions.
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--rttmin <n> -
Minimum RTT represented in the unicode graph. (default: auto)
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--rttmax <n> -
Maximum RTT represented in the unicode graph. (default: auto)
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--awkbin <exec> -
Override the awk interpreter. (default: awk)
--pingbin <exec> Override the ping tool. (default: ping)
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-6 -
Shortcut for:
--pingbinping6
ping parameters handled by prettyping:
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-a -
Audible ping is not implemented yet.
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-f -
Flood mode is not allowed in prettyping.
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-q -
Quiet output is not allowed in prettyping.
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-R -
Record route mode is not allowed in prettyping.
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-v -
Verbose output seems to be the default mode in ping.
All other parameters are passed directly to ping.