noping

Ncurses-based visual ping tool for multiple hosts

TLDR

Ping multiple hosts with visual display

$ noping [host1] [host2] [host3]

Ping with a specific interval (in seconds, supports fractions)

$ noping -i [seconds] [host]

Send a specific number of pings then exit

$ noping -c [count] [host]

Force IPv4 or IPv6

$ noping -4 [host]

Read hosts from a file

$ noping -f [hosts.txt]

Write measurements to CSV file

$ noping -O [output.csv] [host1] [host2]

Select graph type (none, prettyping, boxplot, histogram)

$ noping -g [prettyping] [host]

SYNOPSIS

noping [-4 | -6] [-c count] [-i interval] host [host...]noping [-4 | -6] [-c count] [-i interval] -f filename

noping is an ncurses-based front-end to liboping that pings multiple hosts in parallel using IPv4 and/or IPv6 and displays statistics live in the terminal. Round-trip times are color-coded: green for normal, yellow for moderately unusual, and red for significantly aberrant values.Multiple graph types are available and can be toggled with g. New hosts can be added at any time with a. Display modes include a time-based graph and a box plot showing RTT distribution.

PARAMETERS

-4

Force the use of IPv4.

-6

Force the use of IPv6.

-c COUNT

Send and receive COUNT ICMP packets, then stop and exit.

-i INTERVAL

Send one ICMP packet per host each INTERVAL seconds. Supports floating-point for sub-second precision.

-w TIMEOUT

Time to wait for an ECHO REPLY before giving up, in seconds. Defaults to 1.0.

-t TTL

Set IP Time to Live (1-255). Defaults to 64.

-I ADDRESS

Set the source address (IP or hostname).

-D DEVICE

Set the outgoing network device.

-f FILENAME

Read hostnames from FILENAME instead of the command line. Use - for stdin.

-O FILENAME

Write measurements in CSV format to FILENAME.

-g TYPE

Select graph type: none, prettyping, boxplot, or histogram.

-Q QOS

Specify Quality of Service for outgoing packets.

-b

Audible bell; print ASCII BEL when a packet is received.

-P PERCENT

Configure the latency percentile to report (0-100, exclusive).

-Z PERCENT

Exit with non-zero status if any host's drop rate exceeds this percentage.

-u

Force UTF-8 output.

-U

Disable UTF-8 output.

INSTALL

sudo apt install oping

sudo dnf install liboping

sudo apk add liboping

sudo zypper install oping

brew install liboping

nix profile install nixpkgs#liboping

CAVEATS

May require root privileges or CAPNETRAW capability for ICMP access.

HISTORY

noping is part of the liboping project by Florian Forster (octo) and is written in C.