NAME

       ssh-ping - check if host is reachable using ssh_config

DESCRIPTION

              Usage: ssh-ping [OPTIONS] [user@]hostname

              OPTIONS:

       -4     Use IPv4 only

       -6     Use IPv6 only

       -c count
              Stop after sending <count> request packets

       -F configfile
              Specifies  an  alternative  per-user  configuration file.  If a configuration file is given on the
              command line, the system-wide configuration file ( /etc/ssh/ssh_config )  will  be  ignored.   The
              default for the per-user configuration file is ~/.ssh/config.

       -h     Show this message

       -i interval
              Wait <interval> seconds between sending each request.  The default is 1 second.

       -l user
              Try login with <user> as username. The default is $USER.

       -D     Print timestamp (unix time + microseconds as in gettimeofday) before each line

       -H     Print timestamp (human readable) before each line

       -W timeout
              Time to wait for a response, in seconds

       -p port
              Port  to  connect  to  on  the  remote  host.   This  can  be specified on a per-host basis in the
              configuration file.

       -q     Quiet output.  Nothing is displayed except the summary lines at startup time and when finished

       -v     Verbose output

SSH-TOOLS                                         January 2020                                       SSH-PING(1)