Re: Using $PROMPT_COMMAND to beep depending on success/failure

Henry Yen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.blinux.general
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
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.

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Henry Yen                                       Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
Senior Systems Programmer                       Hicksville, New York
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