How to Ping with Port Number on MAC OS

Mac users can ping specific ports of a web URL on Terminal screen using nmap. If nmap is not yet installed on your Mac, you can install nmap using brew with brew command that can be executed on a Mac Terminal screen.

Launch Terminal screen from Launchpad.
Then type following command to install nmap if you have not yet installed on your Mac


brew install nmap

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install nmap on Mac using brew on Terminal

Following command now can be executed on Terminal screen to ping specific IP address with a certain port number.


nmap -p 80 google.com

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ping with specific port number on Mac Terminal