There is an unusual (ab)use of ping that I hope no-one here needs but just in case; I and a tech was doing some dos scripting (in windows) at a client and we ne

There is an unusual (ab)use of ping that I hope no-one here needs but just in case; I and a tech was doing some dos scripting (in windows) at a client and we needed short delays. We couldn't find anything in dos, but a web search suggested an obscure but natty trick - pinging localhost. ping -n <seconds> 127.0.0.1 It worked (edit: I couldn't stop laughing). To be fair, I've used it and its big brother traceroute (very useful!) for its designed purpose.