gping(1) General Commands Manual gping(1)

gping - Ping, but with a graph.

gping [--cmd] [-n|--watch-interval] [-b|--buffer] [-4 ] [-6 ] [-i|--interface] [-s|--simple-graphics] [--vertical-margin] [--horizontal-margin] [--ymin] [--ymax] [-0 ] [--tcp] [--tcp-rst] [--tcp-port] [-c|--color] [--clear] [--ping-args] [-h|--help] [HOSTS_OR_COMMANDS]

Ping, but with a graph.

Graph the execution time for a list of commands rather than pinging hosts
Watch interval seconds (provide partial seconds like '0.5'). Default for ping is 0.2 (1.0 on OpenBSD), default for cmd is 0.5
Determines the number of seconds to display in the graph
-4
Resolve ping targets to IPv4 address
-6
Resolve ping targets to IPv6 address
Interface to use when pinging
Vertical margin around the graph (top and bottom)
Horizontal margin around the graph (left and right)
Set vertical axis min (ms)
Set vertical axis max (ms)
-0
Equivalent to --ymin=0
Use TCP pings instead of ICMP
How to treat a connection refused (RST) when TCP pinging

Possible values:

  • pong: Count it as a successful ping: the host answered, it just isn't listening
  • drop: Count it as a failed ping
Port to connect to (only used for TCP pings)
Assign color to a graph entry.

This option can be defined more than once as a comma separated string, and the order which the colors are provided will be matched against the hosts or commands passed to gping.

Hexadecimal RGB color codes are accepted in the form of '#RRGGBB' or the following color names: 'black', 'red', 'green', 'yellow', 'blue', 'magenta', 'cyan', 'gray', 'dark-gray', 'light-red', 'light-green', 'light-yellow', 'light-blue', 'light-magenta', 'light-cyan', and 'white'

Clear the graph from the terminal after closing the program
Extra arguments to pass to `ping`. These are platform dependent
Print help (see a summary with '-h')
[HOSTS_OR_COMMANDS]
Hosts or IPs to ping, or commands to run if --cmd is provided. Can use cloud shorthands like aws:eu-west-1

Tom Forbes <tom@tomforb.es>

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