Bash script that uses gnuplot to plot ping responses real-time.
Requires gnuplot (gunplot-qt)
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnuplot
You need to set as executable to run
# add user executable
chmod u+x ping-plot
# optional, move to where it can be found
sudo cp ping-plot /usr/local/bin/.
Example of exported plot
Command line options:
Usage: ping-plot [options] [host]
[host] The IP address to ping. Can be IPv4/IPv6 address or host name.
[options]
-h Help, this output
-i Ping interval in seconds, can be fractions of a second, default 1
-c Number of pings, default continuous
-d Directory, where to store the plot data, default /tmp/ping-plot
-f Output plot to jpeg file from an existing previous ping plot, can have size and verbose options
-g Output gnuplot script, this displays the plot commands and line numbers
-k Show key legend, display legend on plot
-s Plot size, default 1200x600
-r Replot, plot an existing previous ping plot, can have size and verbose options
-v Verbose, output plot variables and dropped packet by date and time
Examples:
To plot a IPv4 address using defaults options
ping-plot 192.168.0.1
To plot google.com using defaults options
ping-plot google.com
To plot google.com, every 10 seconds, 100 times
ping-plot -c 100 -i 10 google.com
To plot 192.168.0.1, every .2 seconds, 50 times, store files in /home/billf/ping-plot
ping-plot -i .2 -c 50 -d ~/ping-plot 192.168.0.1
To replot an existing plot /tmp/ping-plot/lab1-1634695301-host.data, size 2400x600
ping-plot -s 2400x600 -r /tmp/ping-plot/lab1-1634695301-host.data
To plot verbose, count 200, size 2500x1000, ping interval 5 seconds, for host lab1
ping-plot -v -c 200 -s 2500x1000 -i 5 lab1
To plot output to a jpeg file in the /home/billf directory, size 2000x800, show gnuplot script
ping-plot -g -s 2400x600 -f /tmp/ping-plot/lab1-1634695301-host.data
Example used to produce the image above.
Command to produce plot.
$ ping-plot -k -i 10 2001:428:0:1:205:171:253:81
Data File = /tmp/ping-plot/2001:428:0:1:205:171:253:81-1639016815-host.data
Command to save the plot to file in the home directory and output plot variables.
$ ping-plot -v -f /tmp/ping-plot/2001:428:0:1:205:171:253:81-1639016815-host.data
JPEG file saved to ~/ping-plot-2001:428:0:1:205:171:253:81-12-08-2021_19:26:55.jpeg
======== Record 179 =============
Time Start 12/08/2021-19:26:55
Time Last 12/08/2021-19:56:35
Elapsed Time 0:29:40
Data File /tmp/ping-plot/2001:428:0:1:205:171:253:81-1639016815-host.data
Ping Max 278 12/08/2021-19:42:25
Ping Min 76.6 12/08/2021-19:45:45
Ping Mean 199
icmp_seq 179
Drops 9
Dropped Packets
Time Drop
=================== ====
12/08/2021 19:34:25 1
12/08/2021 19:35:45 1
12/08/2021 19:40:55 1
12/08/2021 19:42:45 1
12/08/2021 19:47:15 1
12/08/2021 19:47:55 1
12/08/2021 19:48:45 1
12/08/2021 19:53:35 2