http-ping is a small, free, easy-to-use command-line utility that probes a given URL and displays relevant statistics. It is similar to the popular ´ping´ utility, but works over HTTP instead of ICMP, and with a URL instead of a computer name/IP address.

Use it to discover if a web site is responding to requests, test the performance of any web site, or load-test a web server.

http-ping´s simplicity makes it the ideal choice for use in scripts that must detect if a web server is available and serving pages.

For each request, http-ping displays:

• The HTTP return code (and its brief description)
• The number of bytes returned by the server (excluding headers)
• The time taken to complete the request (i.e. round-trip time)

A summary of all the requests is presented upon completion.