NAME

       traceroute - Trace the route to a host

SYNOPSIS

       traceroute [OPTION...] HOST

DESCRIPTION

       Print the route packets trace to network host.

       -f, --first-hop=NUM
              set initial hop distance, i.e., time-to-live

       -g, --gateways=GATES
              list of gateways for loose source routing

       -I, --icmp
              use ICMP ECHO as probe

       -m, --max-hop=NUM
              set maximal hop count (default: 64)

       -M, --type=METHOD
              use METHOD (`icmp' or `udp') for traceroute operations, defaulting to `udp'

       -p, --port=PORT
              use destination PORT port (default: 33434)

       -q, --tries=NUM
              send NUM probe packets per hop (default: 3)

       --resolve-hostnames
              resolve hostnames

       -t, --tos=NUM
              set type of service (TOS) to NUM

       -w, --wait=NUM
              wait NUM seconds for response (default: 3)

       -?, --help
              give this help list

       --usage
              give a short usage message

       -V, --version
              print program version

       Mandatory  or  optional  arguments  to long options are also mandatory or optional for any
       corresponding short options.

AUTHOR

       Written by Elian Gidoni.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or
       later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for traceroute is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info  and
       traceroute programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info traceroute

       should give you access to the complete manual.