On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 04:24:19AM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > I'd simplify the test to something like > > ping -c 1 -W 2 www.google.com This can be further simplified by eliminating a DNS lookup (or maybe two): ping -c 1 -W 2 -n -q 8.8.8.8 Adding the '-q' option slightly reduces the amount of useless output. -- Henry Yen Aegis Information Systems, Inc. Senior Systems Programmer Hicksville, New York _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list