I would like to know what the differences between using the commands :
ping -c 3
and
ping
Any help or information is appreciated. Thanks!
2 Answers
ping -c option will specify the number of packets sent and will stop after counting them , here in you example count is 3 .
ping
will send infinite packets until you stop it by closing or ctrl+c
For more information about ping options
Or use man ping in terminal .
Try it.
ping -c 3
will send exactly three ping requests to Google, after which the program terminates. It doesn't matter whether there are replys for (some of) the requests or not.
ping
will endlessly send ping requests to Google, and the ping command will never terminate until you end it manually using, e.g., Ctrl+c.
