Syntax for sending 1 ping via Terminal?

You could try entering the following exact syntax in Terminal - if it doesn't work, someone more knowledgeable will have to help... 😉

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Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please. ...
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It didn't work? Such commands always worked for Scotty aboard the Enterprise..

But then again even he had trouble [when he tried to use a Mac..|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19BWJQ8kjrw]

Back to the real world, I just looked around on my HD and found Network Utility.app in /Applications/Utilities. I'm running Tiger now, but Panther probably includes this utility as well. My version has a Ping tab, and you can send any number you want, including just one.

If this fits your needs, you may not have to deal either with Vasily or with Terminal...

Hmm, I have an old disk image of a prior 10.3.9 installation, and it does have Network Utility.app in its Utilities folder. I then looked at my original iMac G5 Panther install disks with [Pacifist|http://www.charlessoft.com>, and it's in there also. Maybe Pacifist could find and install a copy for you from your own Panther install disk. Others may have additional suggestions.

In any event, Happy Thanksgiving to you also, and good luck!

Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please. ...
for some reason the original poster had problems with the Give command. The following procedure will implement the Give the command. Please note the commands are case sensitive. Also, you may wish to delete this command when you were done with it since it is in a system directory.

You should substitute your network name for ... .

Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
in terminal, type
mac $ cd /sbin
mac $ pwd
/sbin
mac $ ls -l Give
ls: Give: No such file or directory
# verify that they Give command does not yet exist.
# since we are in a system directory we need to use sudo to access
mac $ sudo pico give
Password:

Hit return, and type in your password. When the editor comes up, type in these lines:

let "m = $# - 1"
shift $m
echo '$1=' $1
ping -c 1 $1

Control-O and Return to save, Control-X to quit.

mac $ sudo chmod 755 Give
mac $ ls -l Give
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 58 Nov 28 00:12 Give*

mac $ Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please. google.com
$1= google.com
PING google.com (74.125.45.100): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.45.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=239 time=33.904 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 33.904/33.904/33.904/nan ms
mac $
mac $ Give google.com
$1= google.com
PING google.com (74.125.45.100): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.45.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=239 time=33.719 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 33.719/33.719/33.719/nan ms
mac $ man ping

Robert

Dave, glad it worked. 🙂
Pacifist is a great program - I think even Scotty would approve of it.

Robert, thanks for the new "Give" command, and especially for the lesson on how to construct such things. Back at square one, I gather from your post that the underlying Terminal command for say, Google, would be
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ping -c 1 google.com
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That's only for use when Vasily is not around to "give" an order to, of course...

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ping -c 1 google.com
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This command sends one ping to the given network address.

You may read about the ping command in the manual. The description will be cryptic to say the least.

Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
man ping

type q when done

jsd2, I did not want to give of the command syntax too easily because I enjoyed reading your first post.

Robert