http_ping(1)

NAME
http_ping - measure HTTP latency

SYNOPSIS
http_ping [-count n] [-interval n] [-quiet] [-proxy host:port] url

DESCRIPTION

http_ping runs an HTTP fetch every few seconds, timing how long it takes.

Sample run:
  % http_ping http://www.example.com/
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 246.602 ms (9.923c/23.074r/213.605d)
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 189.997 ms (11.619c/22.971r/155.407d)
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.463 ms (8.994c/25.091r/156.378d)
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.07 ms (9.234c/23.9r/156.936d)
  7816 bytes from http://www.example.com/: 190.706 ms (10.142c/46.579r/133.985d)
  ^C
  --- http://www.example.com/ http_ping statistics ---
  5 fetches started, 5 completed (100%), 0 failures (0%), 0 timeouts (0%)
  total    min/avg/max = 189.997/201.568/246.602 ms
  connect  min/avg/max = 8.994/9.9824/11.619 ms
  response min/avg/max = 22.971/28.323/46.579 ms
  data     min/avg/max = 133.985/163.262/213.605 ms

OPTIONS

-count
    Stop after the specified number of fetches. Without this option, http_ping will continue until interrupted.

-interval
    Wait the specified number of seconds between fetches. The default is five seconds.

-quiet
    Only display the summary info at the end.

-proxy
    Specifies a proxy host and port to use.

SEE ALSO
http_load(1), http_get(1), ping(8)

AUTHOR
Copyright © 1998,1999,2001,2002 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@mail.acme.com>. All rights reserved.