Description
Gets the target host IP address from the user at the command line. The user may elect to send from 1 to 255 data packets to the specified host by indicating the number of packets at the command line. Verifies that a remote host is reachable by sending ICMP echo request packets and waiting for replies. If the number of packets to send is not indicated on the command line, this command will send five data packets to the target host.
