SPRAY(8)

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💌 SPRAY(8) — send many packets to host 💌

okay bestie, welcome to the System Manager's Manual glow-up for spray (section 8). this one is all about yeeting a whole bunch of packets at a host and seeing what comes back. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

spray — send many packets to host

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

spray [-c count] [-d delay] [-l length] host ...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

spray sends multiple RPC packets to host and records how many of them were correctly received and how long it took. yes, the synopsis literally has host ... right there, iykyk 🫶

the options are giving:

  • -c count — send count packets. simple as that 💖
  • -d delay — pause delay microseconds between sending each packet. tiny little breather between sends ✨
  • -l length — set the length of the packet that holds the RPC call message to length bytes. and listen: not all values of length are possible, because RPC data is encoded using XDR. spray rounds up to the nearest possible value. no cap 🔥

spray is intended for use in network testing, measurement, and management. but bestie, real talk:

⚠️ this command can be very hard on a network and should be used with caution. like, do not just spam it at production and act surprised, fr fr 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go check those out too, they're iconic in their own right 🌈

source/version: Debian — date: July 10, 1995 — mwah, that's the sign-off bestie 💅✨

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