ping from stdin

ping-stdin.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# This super basic script boiler plate
# will ping each host passed into the 
# via stdin. Pipe your hosts into this
# script to check if they are up.
#
# Modify as needed for your purposes 
#
# (C)2024 Henri Shustak - Released Under the GNU GPL 3.0 or later.
# 
# version 1.0 - initial release - single ping only
#

while IFS= read -r line; do
  # echo $line
  ping -c 1 -W 0.5 "${line}" # | grep "packet" # | head -n 1
  # echo $?
done