Simplify markup, use .Nx, sort sections.

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.\" $NetBSD: ping.8,v 1.36 2001/11/16 10:25:49 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ping.8,v 1.37 2001/11/16 12:05:38 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ For the format of specification string, please refer
Please note that this option is same as
.Fl P
in KAME/FreeBSD and KAME/BSDI
.Po
(as
.Fl P
was already occupied in NetBSD
.Pc .
was already occupied in
.Nx ) .
.It Fl f
Flood ping.
Outputs packets as fast as they come back or one hundred times per second,
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.Nm
returns 0 on success (the host is alive),
and non-zero if the arguments are incorrect or the host is not responding.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netstat 1 ,
.Xr icmp 4 ,
.Xr inet 4 ,
.Xr ip 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr routed 8 ,
.Xr spray 8 ,
.Xr traceroute 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
IPsec support was added by WIDE/KAME project.
.Sh BUGS
Flood pinging is not recommended in general, and flood pinging a broadcast
or multicast address should only be done under very controlled conditions.
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to
be completely useful.
There's not much that that can be done about this, however.
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netstat 1 ,
.Xr icmp 4 ,
.Xr inet 4 ,
.Xr ip 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr routed 8 ,
.Xr traceroute 8 ,
.Xr spray 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
IPsec support was added by WIDE/KAME project.