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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Can someone explain what these arguments mean? Post 302745597 by Marc G on Monday 17th of December 2012 03:51:06 PM
Old 12-17-2012
Can someone explain what these arguments mean?

Hi folks,

I am betting this is a very simple thing, but I admit i don't know the proper terms to search it out correctly.

I am self-learning at work.
I've come on a section of code in a script:
Code:
/usr/sbin/ping $dev 5 2 2>&1 | /usr/xpg4/bin/egrep -s "unknown host|no answer"

What I can't figure out(or search out) is what the arguments "5 2 2>&1" are doing??

I thought it was setting 2 '5 byte messages' with a time to live of 2...something.
But I can not find any data to support that or otherwise explain what's going on here.

So thanks to anyone who can explain this.

Marc
 

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