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 Т‘pingТ‘ 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-pingТ‘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.