How to Check Version of Ping?

Question

I have tried to check ping's version on my Ubuntu machine using:

ping -version

but it gives me this:

ping: invalid option -- 'e'
Usage: ping [-aAbBdDfhLnOqrRUvV64] [-c count] [-i interval] [-I interface]
            [-m mark] [-M pmtudisc_option] [-l preload] [-p pattern] [-Q tos]
            [-s packetsize] [-S sndbuf] [-t ttl] [-T timestamp_option]
            [-w deadline] [-W timeout] [hop1 ...] destination
Usage: ping -6 [-aAbBdDfhLnOqrRUvV] [-c count] [-i interval] [-I interface]
             [-l preload] [-m mark] [-M pmtudisc_option]
             [-N nodeinfo_option] [-p pattern] [-Q tclass] [-s packetsize]
             [-S sndbuf] [-t ttl] [-T timestamp_option] [-w deadline]
             [-W timeout] destination

However, I get the version if i try it with fping.

Answer 1

ping is part of iputils package. To check its version run:

ping -V

Possible output showing version of the iputils package:

ping utility, iputils-s20180629