TRIP(1) User Commands TRIP(1) NAME trip - Network diagnostic tool inspired by mtr SYNOPSIS trip [OPTIONS] [TARGETS]... DESCRIPTION A network diagnostic tool Arguments: [TARGETS]... A space delimited list of hostnames and IPs to trace OPTIONS -c, --config-file <CONFIG_FILE> Config file -m, --mode <MODE> Output mode [default: tui] Possible values: - tui: Display interactive TUI - stream: Display a continuous stream of tracing data - pretty: Generate a pretty text table report for N cycles - markdown: Generate a Mark- down text table report for N cycles - csv: Generate a CSV re- port for N cycles - json: Generate a JSON report for N cycles - dot: Generate a Graphviz DOT file for N cycles - flows: Dis- play all flows for N cycles - silent: Do not generate any tracing output for N cycles -u, --unprivileged Trace without requiring elevated privileges on supported platforms [default: false] -p, --protocol <PROTOCOL> Tracing protocol [default: icmp] Possible values: - icmp: Internet Control Message Protocol - udp: User Datagram Protocol - tcp: Transmission Control Protocol --udp Trace using the UDP protocol --tcp Trace using the TCP protocol --icmp Trace using the ICMP protocol -F, --addr-family <ADDR_FAMILY> The address family [default: ipv4-then-ipv6] Possible values: - ipv4: IPv4 only - ipv6: IPv6 only - ipv6-then-ipv4: IPv6 with a fallback to IPv4 - ipv4-then-ipv6: IPv4 with a fallback to IPv6 - system: If the OS resolver is being used then use the first IP address re- turned, otherwise lookup IPv6 with a fallback to IPv4 -4, --ipv4 Use IPv4 only -6, --ipv6 Use IPv6 only -P, --target-port <TARGET_PORT> The target port (TCP & UDP only) [default: 80] -S, --source-port <SOURCE_PORT> The source port (TCP & UDP only) [default: auto] -A, --source-address <SOURCE_ADDRESS> The source IP address [default: auto] -I, --interface <INTERFACE> The network interface [default: auto] -i, --min-round-duration <MIN_ROUND_DURATION> The minimum duration of every round [default: 1s] -T, --max-round-duration <MAX_ROUND_DURATION> The maximum duration of every round [default: 1s] -g, --grace-duration <GRACE_DURATION> The period of time to wait for additional ICMP responses after the target has responded [default: 100ms] --initial-sequence <INITIAL_SEQUENCE> The initial sequence number [default: 33434] -R, --multipath-strategy <MULTIPATH_STRATEGY> The Equal-cost Multi-Path routing strategy (UDP only) [default: classic] Possible values: - classic: The src or dest port is used to store the sequence number - paris: The UDP `checksum` field is used to store the sequence number - dublin: The IP `identifier` field is used to store the sequence number -U, --max-inflight <MAX_INFLIGHT> The maximum number of in-flight ICMP echo requests [default: 24] -f, --first-ttl <FIRST_TTL> The TTL to start from [default: 1] -t, --max-ttl <MAX_TTL> The maximum number of TTL hops [default: 64] --packet-size <PACKET_SIZE> The size of IP packet to send (IP header + ICMP header + payload) [default: 84] --payload-pattern <PAYLOAD_PATTERN> The repeating pattern in the payload of the ICMP packet [default: 0] -Q, --tos <TOS> The TOS (i.e. DSCP+ECN) IP header value (IPv4 only) [default: 0] -e, --icmp-extensions Parse ICMP extensions --read-timeout <READ_TIMEOUT> The socket read timeout [default: 10ms] -r, --dns-resolve-method <DNS_RESOLVE_METHOD> How to perform DNS queries [default: system] Possible values: - system: Resolve using the OS resolver - re- solv: Resolve using the `/etc/resolv.conf` DNS configuration - google: Resolve using the Google `8.8.8.8` DNS service - cloud- flare: Resolve using the Cloudflare `1.1.1.1` DNS service -y, --dns-resolve-all Trace to all IPs resolved from DNS lookup [default: false] --dns-timeout <DNS_TIMEOUT> The maximum time to wait to perform DNS queries [default: 5s] --dns-ttl <DNS_TTL> The time-to-live (TTL) of DNS entries [default: 300s] -z, --dns-lookup-as-info Lookup autonomous system (AS) information during DNS queries [de- fault: false] -s, --max-samples <MAX_SAMPLES> The maximum number of samples to record per hop [default: 256] --max-flows <MAX_FLOWS> The maximum number of flows to record [default: 64] -a, --tui-address-mode <TUI_ADDRESS_MODE> How to render addresses [default: host] Possible values: - ip: Show IP address only - host: Show re- verse-lookup DNS hostname only - both: Show both IP address and re- verse-lookup DNS hostname --tui-as-mode <TUI_AS_MODE> How to render autonomous system (AS) information [default: asn] Possible values: - asn: Show the ASN - prefix: Dis- play the AS prefix - country-code: Display the country code - reg- istry: Display the registry name - allocated: Display the al- located date - name: Display the AS name --tui-custom-columns <TUI_CUSTOM_COLUMNS> Custom columns to be displayed in the TUI hops table [default: hol- sravbwdt] --tui-icmp-extension-mode <TUI_ICMP_EXTENSION_MODE> How to render ICMP extensions [default: off] Possible values: - off: Do not show `icmp` extensions - mpls: Show MPLS label(s) only - full: Show full `icmp` extension data for all known extensions - all: Show full `icmp` extension data for all classes --tui-geoip-mode <TUI_GEOIP_MODE> How to render GeoIp information [default: short] Possible values: - off: Do not display GeoIp data - short: Show short format - long: Show long format - location: Show lat- itude and Longitude format -M, --tui-max-addrs <TUI_MAX_ADDRS> The maximum number of addresses to show per hop [default: auto] --tui-preserve-screen Preserve the screen on exit [default: false] --tui-refresh-rate <TUI_REFRESH_RATE> The TUI refresh rate [default: 100ms] --tui-privacy-max-ttl <TUI_PRIVACY_MAX_TTL> The maximum ttl of hops which will be masked for privacy [default: none] If set, the source IP address and hostname will also be hidden. --tui-locale <TUI_LOCALE> The locale to use for the TUI [default: auto] --tui-timezone <TUI_TIMEZONE> The timezone to use for the TUI [default: auto] The timezone must be a valid IANA timezone identifier. --tui-theme-colors <TUI_THEME_COLORS> The TUI theme colors [item=color,item=color,..] --print-tui-theme-items Print all TUI theme items and exit --tui-key-bindings <TUI_KEY_BINDINGS> The TUI key bindings [command=key,command=key,..] --print-tui-binding-commands Print all TUI commands that can be bound and exit -C, --report-cycles <REPORT_CYCLES> The number of report cycles to run [default: 10] -G, --geoip-mmdb-file <GEOIP_MMDB_FILE> The supported MaxMind or IPinfo GeoIp mmdb file --generate <GENERATE> Generate shell completion [possible values: bash, elvish, fish, powershell, zsh] --generate-man Generate ROFF man page --print-config-template Print a template toml config file and exit --print-locales Print all available TUI locales and exit --log-format <LOG_FORMAT> The debug log format [default: pretty] Possible values: - compact: Display log data in a compact format - pretty: Display log data in a pretty format - json: Display log data in a json format - chrome: Display log data in Chrome trace format --log-filter <LOG_FILTER> The debug log filter [default: trippy=debug] --log-span-events <LOG_SPAN_EVENTS> The debug log format [default: off] Possible values: - off: Do not display event spans - active: Dis- play enter and exit event spans - full: Display all event spans -v, --verbose Enable verbose debug logging -h, --help Print help (see a summary with '-h') -V, --version Print version trip 0.13.0 August 2026 TRIP(1)
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