$ip = 'www.perlmonks.org'; $ping = `ping -c 3 $ip`; @times = $ping =~ /time=(\d+\.\d+)/; @times = sort { $b <=> $a } @times; print "High to low @times ms\n"; print "Highest $times[0] ms\n"; print "Lowest $times[-1] ms\n"; print "This was the reply parsed\n$ping\n";