macOS Adding a timestamp to a ping command.

[Denarius]

At the moment, we're having broadband issues and I'm struggling to get the broadband provider to believe that we have an intermittent fault.

I'm doing

ping -i 180 www.google.fr
64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=197.007 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=215.049 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=234.023 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=252.516 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=172.732 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=193.790 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=6 ttl=54 time=50.417 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=7 ttl=54 time=46.465 ms
^C

What I really need is a way of getting a timestamp into it i.e.

64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=197.007 ms
[time of this ping] 64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=215.049 ms
[time of this ping]64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=234.023 ms
[time of this ping]64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=252.516 ms
[time of this ping]64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=172.732 ms
[time of this ping]64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=193.790 ms
[time of this ping]64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=6 ttl=54 time=50.417 ms
[time of this ping]64 bytes from 209.85.229.104: icmp_seq=7 ttl=54 time=46.465 ms

Suspect it involves piping commands or something, but not sure how. Thanks for your help.

 

[Hansr]

What for? Surely the ms response time is the only thing that matters...

 

[miles01110]

http://tech.jocke.no/2010/09/27/add-timestamp-to-ping/

 

[Denarius]

What for? Surely the ms response time is the only thing that matters...

When you're creating a log of the behaviour of your broadband connection to present to your ISP, I felt it was important to have the times logged on there.

http://tech.jocke.no/2010/09/27/add-timestamp-to-ping/

That's the ticket! Thank you very much.

 

[willieva]

traceroute might give you and your isp a better idea of where the delay is happening.

 

[Denarius]

traceroute might give you and your isp a better idea of where the delay is happening.

Sounded like a good idea, but we're failing at an ADSL synchronization stage so it's not really useful information in this case.