Re: Dumb question: How do I kill a ping?

From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 03/22/04


Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:23:50 GMT

On 22 Mar 2004 10:50:33 -0800, Pat W. wrote:
> I am a UNIX neophyte who is learning by fire. I have initiated a ping
> command in one of the shell's (ctrl alt F3), and I thought ctrl d
> would kill it, but it won't.
>
> How do I kill a ping command?

Ctl C if you have not disable/changed it.

you might try ping -c 1 target if man ping shows that it is supported.



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