ping-override v0.0.0

Features

/usr/local/bin/ping     overridden ping
/sbin/ping              original binary

• ping google.com if no arguments are passed
• ignore Unknown host error and continue ping

Usage

usage: ping

Examples

ping google.com by default

$ ping
64 bytes from xx.xx.xx.xx: icmp_seq=0 ttl=46 time=21.960 ms
64 bytes from xx.xx.xx.xx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=21.969 ms

Unknown host example (print datetime and continue ping)

# original ping failed without connection
$ /sbin/ping google.com
ping: cannot resolve google.com: Unknown host

$ ping
ping: cannot resolve google.com: Unknown host
2018:05:21 15:23:02
ping: cannot resolve google.com: Unknown host
2018:05:21 15:23:07
ping: cannot resolve google.com: Unknown host
...