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Old 07-19-2007
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pinging an ip
Hi,

How to ping an ip from an unix machine. Can you please let me know the exact command. I used and i got the below error

ping 171.18.17.2
bash: ping: command not found

Thanks n regards
Ammu
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either you use the complete path for ping or add the directory where ping is available to your $PATH


ping should be usually available @ /bin/ping or /usr/sbin/ping
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