#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Net::Ping; use Time::HiRes qw(tv_interval gettimeofday); $|++; my($host) = shift() || die("Usage: $0 \n"); my($ping) = Net::Ping->new('icmp'); while (1) { my($timeStart) = [gettimeofday()]; if ($ping->ping($host, 2)) { my($timeElapsed) = tv_interval($timeStart, [gettimeofday()]); printf("%s: %.3f msec\n", $host, $timeElapsed * 1000); } else { my($timeElapsed) = tv_interval($timeStart, [gettimeofday()]); printf("%s failed: %.3f\n", $host, $timeElapsed * 1000); } sleep(1); } $ping->close(); exit();