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+# ping
+
+> send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
+
+- Ping host
+
+`ping {{host}}`
+
+- Ping host limiting the number of packages to be send to four
+
+`ping -c 4 {{host}}`
+
+- Ping host, waiting for 0.5 s between each request (default is 1 s)
+
+`ping -i 0.5 {{host}}`