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On command line when issuing a PING command, I would like to add an additional feature to allow time interval between multiple PING counts. This feature is already available in UNIX OSs. For example:
Ping Example 1. Increase or Decrease the Time Interval Between Packets
By default ping waits for 1 second before sending the next packet. You can increase or decrease this using option -i as shown below.
Increase Ping Time Interval
Example: Wait for 5 seconds before sending the next packet.
$ ping -i 5 IP
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#!/bin/sh
helpFunction()
{
echo "Usage: oping|ping <-l length> <-c count> <-t timeout> <-p tcpname>"
echo " <-i interface> <-s srcip> <-A ipv4|ipv6> <-P yes|ignore>"
echo " <-I interval> <-n> <-v> host"
echo " oping|ping -h"
echo " oping|ping -?"
exit 1;
}
args=$@ # save input args
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
do
case $1 in
-c) count="$2"
shift
shift ;;
-I) interval="$2"
shift
shift ;;
-A|-i|-l|-p|-P|-t)
shift
shift ;;
-?|-h) helpFunction ;;
*) shift ;;
esac
done
set -- $(echo $args) # restore input args
set -- $(echo $@ | sed "s/-I [0-9]\+//;s/ / /") # remove -I option
set -- $(echo $@ | sed "s/-c [0-9]\+//;s/ / /") # remove -c option
if [ -z $count ]
then
count=1
fi
if [ -z $interval ]
then
interval=1
fi
x=0
while [ $x -lt $count ]
do
sleep $interval
/usr/lpp/tcpip/bin/oping $@
x=$x+1
done
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS Communications Server
Component - TCP/IP
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - Client
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS
Component - TSO
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - Client