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authordanny <danny@FreeBSD.org>1997-02-08 01:43:56 +0000
committerdanny <danny@FreeBSD.org>1997-02-08 01:43:56 +0000
commit3a676129b4df4e178a01f915f6fe6770f65aa508 (patch)
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Reviewed by: Gary Jennejohn <gj@freebsd.org>
Submitted by: Bruce Murphy <packrat@iinet.net.au> Add '-a' audible flag, so terminal will beep upon receipt of a reply packet. Useful for debugging ethernet runs, among other things.
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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
packets to network hosts
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ping
-.Op Fl dfnqrvLRQ
+.Op Fl adfnqrvLRQ
.Op Fl c Ar count
.Op Fl i Ar wait
.Op Fl I Ar interface
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ and then an arbitrary number of ``pad'' bytes used to fill out the
packet.
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a
+Audible. Include a bell (ASCII 0x07) character in the output when any packet
+is received. This option is ignored if other format options are present.
.It Fl c Ar count
Stop after sending (and receiving)
.Ar count
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