Problem using "ping" in shell script

[Kenneth Leung_2]

I got a script (Sorry it is on solaris 8) with the ping command as below:

/usr/sbin/ping -s $HOST 16 10 >> $LOG


However, the result in $LOG content useless line as below:

PING ctg-fid-01: 16 data bytes
24 bytes from ctg-fid-01.hk.hibm.hsbc (130.1.73.10): icmp_seq=0. time=1. ms
ICMP Time exceeded in transit from 130.20.61.254
for udp from hk-fid-01 (130.20.61.20) to ctg-fid-01.hk.hibm.hsbc (130.1.73.10) port 33434
ICMP Time exceeded in transit from 130.20.61.254
for udp from hk-fid-01 (130.20.61.20) to ctg-fid-01.hk.hibm.hsbc (130.1.73.10) port 33435
ICMP Time exceeded in transit from 130.20.61.254
for udp from hk-fid-01 (130.20.61.20) to ctg-fid-01.hk.hibm.hsbc (130.1.73.10) port 33436
ICMP Time exceeded in transit from 130.2.16.173
for udp from hk-fid-01 (130.20.61.20) to ctg-fid-01.hk.hibm.hsbc (130.1.73.10) port 33437
ICMP Time exceeded in transit from 130.2.16.173
for udp from hk-fid-01 (130.20.61.20) to ctg-fid-01.hk.hibm.hsbc (130.1.73.10) port 33438


How can I skip these lines from being logged into $LOG? Please help. Thanks a lot.

[Mustafa Gulercan]

hi;
don't use -s parameter
there is no -s parameter on HP-UX for ping command.

regards;
mustafa

[Borislav Perkov]

Hi,
Solaris generates this message when hop-limit becomes zero. Better look for thin on SunSolaris site.
Regards,
Borislav

[Borislav Perkov]

You can see:
http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/792/4.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICMP_Time_Exceeded
http://www.answers.com/topic/icmp-time-exceeded