What is the default timeout value of "ping -W"?

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Issue

  • What is the default timeout value of "ping -W"?
  • PING(8)
-W timeout
    Time to wait for a response, in seconds. The option affects only timeout in absence of any responses, otherwise ping waits for two RTTs.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, 9
  • iputils

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