1http_ping(1)                General Commands Manual               http_ping(1)
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NAME

6       http_ping - measure HTTP latency
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SYNOPSIS

9       http_ping [-count n] [-interval n] [-quiet] [-proxy host:port] url
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DESCRIPTION

12       http_ping  runs  an  HTTP  fetch  every few seconds, timing how long it
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16         % http_ping http://www.example.com/
17         7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 246.602 ms (9.923c/23.074r/213.605d)
18         7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 189.997 ms (11.619c/22.971r/155.407d)
19         7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.463 ms (8.994c/25.091r/156.378d)
20         7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.07 ms (9.234c/23.9r/156.936d)
21         7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.706 ms (10.142c/46.579r/133.985d)
22         ^C
23         --- http://www.example.com/ http_ping statistics ---
24         5 fetches started, 5 completed (100%), 0 failures (0%), 0 timeouts (0%)
25         total    min/avg/max = 189.997/201.568/246.602 ms
26         connect  min/avg/max = 8.994/9.9824/11.619 ms
27         response min/avg/max = 22.971/28.323/46.579 ms
28         data     min/avg/max = 133.985/163.262/213.605 ms
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OPTIONS

31       -count Stop after  the  specified  number  of  fetches.   Without  this
32              option, http_ping will continue until interrupted.
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35              Wait  the  specified  number  of  seconds  between fetches.  The
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40       -proxy Specifies a proxy host and port to use.
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SEE ALSO

43       http_load(1), http_get(1), ping(8)
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AUTHOR

46       Copyright © 1998,1999,2001,2002 by Jef  Poskanzer  <jef@mail.acme.com>.
47       All rights reserved.
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51                                 03 April 2002                    http_ping(1)