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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.


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