tcping
A command-line utility that checks whether a TCP connection to a host and port succeeds.
By Marc Kirchner
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About tcping
tcping attempts a TCP connection to a host and port within a specified timeout and encodes the result in its return value.
It supports IPv4 or IPv6 selection and a quiet mode that suppresses informational output.
Strengths
- Tests TCP reachability for a host and port
- Supports IPv4 and IPv6 selection
- Returns status codes for shell scripts
Limitations
- Tests TCP connections only
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the MIT license.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Marc Kirchner
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Users diagnosing whether a remote TCP port is reachable
- Categories
- Network tools, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the Homebrew formula
- Sources