What does '-c' mean in ping command? Is this option specific to bash shell?
Deepa
What does '-c' mean in ping command? Is this option specific to bash shell?
Deepa
Try the command:
man ping
-c traffic_class
Specify the traffic class of probe packets. The value must be an integer in the range from 0 to 255. Gateways along the path may route the probe packet differently depending upon the value of
traffic_class set in the probe packet. This option is valid only on IPv6.
This information i it got from the help pages on "ping".
abhijeet.
That's the reason I said to check the man page.
On many ping implementations, -c is the count of packets to send...
Like I said, read your local man page.