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http_ping(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual http_ping(1)

http_ping - measure HTTP latency

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

http_ping runs an HTTP fetch every few seconds, timing how long it takes.

Sample run:

  % http_ping http://www.example.com/
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 246.602 ms (9.923c/23.074r/213.605d)
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 189.997 ms (11.619c/22.971r/155.407d)
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.463 ms (8.994c/25.091r/156.378d)
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.07 ms (9.234c/23.9r/156.936d)
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.706 ms (10.142c/46.579r/133.985d)
  ^C
  --- http://www.example.com/ http_ping statistics ---
  5 fetches started, 5 completed (100%), 0 failures (0%), 0 timeouts (0%)
  total    min/avg/max = 189.997/201.568/246.602 ms
  connect  min/avg/max = 8.994/9.9824/11.619 ms
  response min/avg/max = 22.971/28.323/46.579 ms
  data     min/avg/max = 133.985/163.262/213.605 ms

-count
Stop after the specified number of fetches. Without this option, http_ping will continue until interrupted.
-interval
Wait the specified number of seconds between fetches. The default is five seconds.
-quiet
Only display the summary info at the end.
-proxy
Specifies a proxy host and port to use.

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

Copyright © 1998,1999,2001,2002 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@mail.acme.com>. All rights reserved.
03 April 2002

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