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I don't understand the parameters in a statement that uses the sh library - RedSkeleton007 - Apr-11-2018
I'm putting together a hacking program for a school project. I found the following ping sweep script on youtube:
#PingSweep.py
#This program will find all of the active ip addresses in a network
import ipaddress
import sh
print("Enter a network address with a slash number.")
chooseNetworkAddress = input("")
network = ipaddress.ip_network(unicode(chooseNetworkAddress))
for i in network.hosts():
try:
sh.ping(i, "-c l")
print(i, " is active")
except sh.ErrorReturncode_l:
print(" no response from", i)But I don't understand the "-c l" parameters used on line 12. Does anybody know what those are supposed to do?
RE: I don't understand the parameters in a statement that uses the sh library - Gribouillis - Apr-11-2018
It is probably
ping -c 1. This causes ping to stop after 1 request, according to the ping command's manual.