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What is the meaning of the following command and why its not given at help menu of nmap?

Sample command: sudo nmap -sP -n 192.168.0.0-255

Sample output:

Starting Nmap 7.60 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2017-10-14 16:09 +06
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.1
Host is up (0.0035s latency).
MAC Address: 20:L6:A7:55:3D:44 (D-link Technologies)
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.104
Host is up (0.20s latency).
MAC Address: 18:97:F8:15:26:D9 (Zen Mobile Communication Technology)
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.118
Host is up.
Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (3 hosts up) scanned in 6.31 seconds

What does -sP mean and why is it used?

This command works properly, but it is not listed to man and help menu.

Please elaborate the circumstances.

Vadim Kotov
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samir imtiaz
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    Why is this tagged question-answering? – Robert Oct 14 '17 at 21:34
  • sorry in this case, I am a newbie and never used this side...I tagged question-answering thinking this section is used to getting answers – samir imtiaz Oct 15 '17 at 13:00

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From the man page:

In previous releases of Nmap, -sn was known as -sP..

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