mtr

Combined ping and traceroute

low risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain
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What it does

Continuously traces a path and reports per-hop loss and latency.

Common flags
FlagMeaning
-rReport mode
-wWide report
-cProbe count
-nNo DNS
Examples
mtr -rwn -c 20 example.comReport with 20 probes · explain & risk-check →
Related
traceroute ping
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Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man mtr for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.