Tcping
lastmod 2024-05-04created 2023-08-164 edits
Usage
Arguments must be in the order below for the check to work correctly.
Options
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-t- Ping continuously until stopped with control-c -
-n- Check n results (default is 4) -
-i- Wait n seconds between pings (default is 1) -
-w- Set a wait time of N seconds for a response -
-d- Show date and time on each line -
-f- Force sending one byte in addition to the traffic generated by the connection -
-g- Exit tcping if n pings fail -
-b- Use a beep ( 1 = on failure, 2 = on success, 3 = on change, 4 = always ) -
-r- Re-fetch DNS information after every n checks -
-s- Exit tcping if the ping check succeeds -
-v- Show tcping version information -
-j- Show the jitter value; jitter is defined as the difference between the last response time and the historical average -
-4- IPv4 communication -
-6- IPv6 communication -
-c- Print only when the state changes after the initial state check -
--tee- Save tcping results to a file -
--file- Run ping checks using a file containing a DNS list and ports ( -j and -c options cannot be used) -
--fqdn- Print the DNS name when using reverse DNS -
--color- Use colored output for error messages; colors can be changed together with the --ansi option -
-h- HTTP mode (use the URL without http://); useful together with the -u option. -
-u- Show the target URL on each line -
--post- Use POST instead of GET when checking -
--head- Use HEAD instead of GET when checking