What is the Traceroute command?

Traceroute command, just like the rest of the popular network commands, is a simple small software with command-line interface and comes built-in on most Linux distros, BSD distros and even macOS. It is easy to understand its purpose, to trace the route of a query, from your computer, through all the routers (hops) on the way, to the target that you set. Learn everything important about the Traceroute command!