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🐧 pingu

ping command implementation in Go but with colorful output and pingu ascii art

Language:Go License:MIT Latest Release

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Features

Usage

Simply specify the target host name or IP address in the first argument e.g. pingu github.com or pingu 13.114.40.48. You can change the number of transmissions by specifying the -c option.

Usage:
  pingu [OPTIONS] HOST

`ping` command but with pingu

Application Options:
  -c, --count=     Stop after <count> replies (default: 20)
  -P, --privilege  Enable privileged mode
  -V, --version    Show version

Help Options:
  -h, --help       Show this help message

Installation

Download executable binaries

You can download executable binaries from the latest release page.

Latest Release

Build from source

To build from source, clone this repository then run make build or go install. Developing on go1.18.3 linux/amd64.

Another way to install it if you have go in your machine just:

go install github.com/sheepla/pingu@latest

WSL support

To run on WSL, give CAP_NET_RAW capability with the following command and start it with the -P, --privilege option.

sudo setcap cap_net_raw=+ep /path/to/pingu
pingu -P github.com

c.f.

Capability - Arch Linux Wiki

LICENSE

MIT

Author

Sheepla