gping.1

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.TH "gping" "utils" "\[lq]January 11 2023\[rq]" "" "User Commands"
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
gping - ping(1), but with a graph
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[B]gping\f[R] \f[B]OPTIONS\f[R] \f[B][HOSTS]\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]gping\f[R] ccc.de
.PP
\f[B]gping\f[R] \f[B]-s\f[R] \f[B]-b 20\f[R] ccc.de
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
This manual page documents briefly the \f[B]gping\f[R] commmand.
.PP
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the
original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
\f[B]gping\f[R] is essentially ping(1), but with a TUI graph.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\f[B]--cmd\f[R]
Graph the execution time for a list of commands rather than pinging
hosts
.TP
\f[B]-h\f[R], \f[B]--help\f[R]
Show summary of options.
.TP
\f[B]-V\f[R], \f[B]--version\f[R]
Print version information
.TP
\f[B]-n\f[R], \f[B]--watch-interval\f[R] <WATCH_INTERVAL>
Watch interval seconds (provide partial seconds like `0.5').
Default for ping is 0.2,
default for cmd is 0.5.
.TP
\f[B]-b\f[R], \f[B]--buffer\f[R] <BUFFER>
Determines the number of seconds to display in the graph.
[default: 30]
.TP
\f[B]-4\f[R]
Resolve ping targets to IPv4 address
.TP
\f[B]-6\f[R]
Resolve ping targets to IPv6 address
.TP
\f[B]-i\f[R], \f[B]--interface\f[R] <INTERFACE>
Interface to use when pinging.
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.TP
\f[B]-s\f[R], \f[B]--simple-graphics\f[R]
Uses dot characters instead of braille
.TP
\f[B]--vertical-margin\f[R] <VERTICAL_MARGIN>
Vertical margin around the graph (top and bottom) [default: 1]
.TP
\f[B]--horizontal-margin\f[R] <VERTICAL_MARGIN>
Horizontal margin around the graph (left and right) [default: 0]
.TP
\f[B]-c\f[R], \f[B]\[en]color\f[R] <color>
Assign color to a graph entry.
This option can be defined more than once as a comma separated string,
and the order which the colors are provided will be matched against the
hosts or commands passed to gping.
Hexadecimal RGB color codes are accepted in the form of `#RRGGBB' or the
following color names: `black', `red', `green', `yellow', `blue',
`magenta',`cyan', `gray', `dark-gray', `light-red', `light-green',
`light-yellow',
`light-blue', `light-magenta', `light-cyan', and `white'
.SH AUTHOR
.TP
Matthias Geiger <matthias.geiger1024@tutanota.de>
Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.
.SH COPYRIGHT
.PP
Copyright \[co] 2023 Matthias Geiger
.PP
This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by
others).
.PP
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at your
option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
.PP
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.