Can I see the summed up results of the ping command while it is running?

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When I run the ping command it outputs information for each ping and in the end, when I kill the process it outputs some overall statistics

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9013ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.275/2.596/7.246/1.870 ms

Is there a way to see these statistics while ping is running, without having to kill it? I'm particularly interested in continuously monitoring the the packet loss statistic because you need to wait a bit to get accurate numbers for that.

I don't know of a way, but normally use mtr when I want running statistics like that. — Henrik supports the community, Apr 28 '16 at 17:22
The Q isn't tagged to an OS; I'd vote-to-close for Linux, but AIX & Solaris (for example) simply quit under SIGQUIT. — Jeff Schaller, Apr 28 '16 at 17:55
If the ping does not support a useful SIGQUIT, my first thought is to create a ping wrapper that runs an infinite (or pass the number) loops to a ping that runs a set count/npackets number of pings in order to give you intermediate results. — Jeff Schaller, Apr 28 '16 at 17:57
@JeffSchaller: I'm on Linux and it does seem to support sigquit so I voted to close this as a duplicate. Thanks anyway :) — hugomg, Apr 28 '16 at 18:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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If you press CTRL+\ while ping is running it will display the stats

Check ping statistics without stopping

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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answered Apr 28 '16 at 17:17

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Can I see the summed up results of the ping command while it is running?

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