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PING6(1) User Commands PING6(1)

ping6 - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts

ping6 [option...] host...

Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts.

Stop after sending number packets.
Wait number seconds between sending each packet.
Stop after n seconds.
Do not resolve host addresses.
Specify n as hop-limit.
Send directly to a host on an attached network.
Set traffic class to n.
Verbose output.
Quiet output.
Set the SO_DEBUG option.
-?, --help
Give this help list.
give a short usage message.
Print program version.

Flood ping (root only).
Send number packets as fast as possible before falling into normal mode of behavior (root only).
Fill ICMP packet with the given pattern (hex).
Send number data octets.

Options marked with (root only) are available only to superuser.

2019-02-09 GNU inetutils