(2019-01-21)
Problem
I have a long running ping and I want to see where we are without killing the ping.
Solution
Windows: CTRL-BREAK
Linux: CTRL-\
eg:
[...]
64 bytes from wiki.xdroop.com (139.60.168.32): icmp_seq=126 ttl=55 time=12.1 ms
64 bytes from wiki.xdroop.com (139.60.168.32): icmp_seq=127 ttl=55 time=13.9 ms
64 bytes from wiki.xdroop.com (139.60.168.32): icmp_seq=128 ttl=55 time=15.2 ms
128/128 packets, 0% loss, min/avg/ewma/max = 11.242/14.286/13.607/30.868 ms
64 bytes from wiki.xdroop.com (139.60.168.32): icmp_seq=129 ttl=55 time=14.6 ms
64 bytes from wiki.xdroop.com (139.60.168.32): icmp_seq=130 ttl=55 time=13.8 ms
64 bytes from wiki.xdroop.com (139.60.168.32): icmp_seq=131 ttl=55 time=13.7 ms
[...]
BSD: CTRL-T (or so I am informed)
Commentary
I can't believe I've been doing computers for 22 years and I'm only learning this now.