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Fping – A Command-Line Tool to Ping Hosts In Parallel on Ubuntu
Fping is a program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts, it is similar to ping hence, it allows users to check if a remote host is up or down.Using Fping command, we can check multiple hosts at a time. This article describes “How to install Fping command and uses of Fping command”
Installing Fping command
To install Fping command, use the following command –
$ sudo apt-get install fping
The sample output should be like this –
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: gtk2-engines-pixbuf libbs2b0 libopusfile0 libpyside1.2 libqmmp-misc libqmmpui0 libshiboken1.2 libsidplayfp libtidy-0.99-0 linux-headers-4.2.0-27 linux-headers-4.2.0-27-generic linux-image-4.2.0-27-generic linux-image-extra-4.2.0-27-generic linux-signed-image-4.2.0-27-generic php7.0-opcache python-beautifulsoup python-feedparser python-html2text python-magic python-oauth2 python-pyside.qtcore python-pyside.qtgui python-pyside.qtnetwork python-pyside.qtwebkit python-pysqlite2 python-regex python-sqlalchemy python-sqlalchemy-ext python-support python-unity-singlet python-utidylib Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: fping 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 30.7 kB of archives. .........................................................
Usage of Fping command
To run Fping, use the following command –
$ fping tutorialspoint.com
The sample output should be like this –
tutorialspoint.com is alive
To test multiple sites, use the following command –
$ fping www.tutorialspoint.com www.google.com
The sample output should be like this –
www.tutorialspoint.com is alive www.google.com is alive
If host list are stored in a file, use the following command –
$ fping < hosts.txt
The sample output should be like this –
www.tutorialspoint.com is alive www.google.com is alive
To get more information about fping, use the following command –
$ fping -help
The sample output should be like this –
Usage: fping [options] [targets...] -a show targets that are alive -A show targets by address -b n amount of ping data to send, in bytes (default 56) -B f set exponential backoff factor to f -c n count of pings to send to each target (default 1) -C n same as -c, report results in verbose format -D print timestamp before each output line -e show elapsed time on return packets -f file read list of targets from a file ( - means stdin) (only if no -g specified) -g generate target list (only if no -f specified) (specify the start and end IP in the target list, or supply a IP netmask) (ex. fping -g 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.255 or fping -g 192.168.1.0/24) -H n Set the IP TTL value (Time To Live hops) -i n interval between sending ping packets (in millisec) (default 25) -l loop sending pings forever -m ping multiple interfaces on target host -n show targets by name (-d is equivalent) -p n interval between ping packets to one target (in millisec) (in looping and counting modes, default 1000) -q quiet (don't show per-target/per-ping results) -Q n same as -q, but show summary every n seconds -r n number of retries (default 3) -s print final stats -I if bind to a particular interface -S addr set source address -t n individual target initial timeout (in millisec) (default 500) -T n ignored (for compatibility with fping 2.4) -u show targets that are unreachable -O n set the type of service (tos) flag on the ICMP packets -v show version targets list of targets to check (if no -f specified)
Congratulations! Now, you know “How to install Fping tool and usage of Fping tool on Linux”. We’ll learn more about these types of commands in our next Linux post. Keep reading!
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