HTTPING(1)

NAME
httping - ping-like program but for http-requests

SYNOPSIS
httping [-g][-h] [ -p port] [ -x proxy:port ] [ -c count ] [ -i interval ] [ -t timeout ] [ -slfm ] [ -o rc,rrc,... ] [ -e string ] [ -q ] url

DESCRIPTION
Given an URL, httping will show how long it takes to connect, send a request and retrieve the reply (only the headers).

OPTIONS

-g url_addr
    Specify the URL to ping (e.g. -g http://localhost/)

-h hostname
    Specify hostname to use (e.g. -h localhost) -l Specify OpenSSL support

-p port_nr
    Specify port number to connect

-x proxy:port
    Indicate the proxy and port which httping will use, in case of needed.

-c ping_nr
    How many times it will connect

-i interval
    Number of seconds to delay between connection

-t timeout
    Number of seconds to timeout (the default is 30)

-s  Show status codes.

-f  Flood connection: No delays.

-m  Give machine parseable output.

-o rc, rc, ...
    What HTTP results codes indicate 'ok'. This should go WITHOUT spaces between each other.

-e string
    String to display when HTTP result code doesn't match

-q  Keep quiet: Only return codes.

SEE ALSO
ping(1).

AUTHOR
httping was written by Folkert Van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden>.
This manual page was written by David Moreno Garza <damog@damog.net>.