Apr 28, 2010  How to Use Ping from Mac OS X Command Line. Here’s how to use it the ping utility in all versions of Mac OS X from the Terminal app command line. Ping a Destination IP or Domain Until Stopped. The most basic usage of ping will ping a destination until it is manually stopped, meaning there is no limit and no count.

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• Windows and Unix command line equivalents. This lists similar commands between Windows and Unix command lines. To get help on a Windows command, use the /? Use command &. On Windows, the equivalent is start command. See How to run a Windows command as a background job like Unix?
• Many Linux commands typed at a shell prompt are similar to the commands you would type in DOS. In fact, some commands are identical. This appendix provides common commands used at the DOS prompt in Windows and their counterparts in Linux. Basic examples of how the command are used at the Linux shell prompt are also provided.

When you're logged in to your Mac using an administrator account, you can use the sudo command in the Terminal app to execute commands as a different user, such as the root user. After you enter the command, Terminal asks you to enter your account password. If you forgot your password or your account doesn't have a password, add or change your password in Users & Groups preferences. You can then execute sudo commands in Terminal.

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Terminal doesn't show the password as you type. If you enter the wrong password or a blank password, the command isn't executed and Terminal asks you to try again.