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How to Stop Ping in the Terminal

March 31, 2015
By: Joshua Laud
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Ping is a Terminal command that tests your connection to a host machine. Ping reports back the distance between your computer and a destination host in millisecond response times. When you use the Mac or Linux Terminal to ping a host computer, it will repeat the ping process for a long time. This is to help you find a consistent ping response time by allowing you to average out all of the results. You can stop a ping command using a keyboard combination.

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Open "Terminal" on your Mac or Unix system.

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Start a test ping. For example, type "ping google.com" and press "Enter."

Step

Press "Ctrl"+"C" to cancel the ping.

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