$USER = "user";
$HOST="hostname";
$CMD="/usr/sbin/ping";
#open(PING,"/usr/sbin/ping  -s ".$nodeName." 64 10  |");
open(PING,"ssh ".$USER."@".$HOST." /bin/ping  -s ".$nodeName." 64 10  |");
$old_fh = select(STDOUT);
$| = 1;
select($old_fh);

print "<PRE>";
while(<PING>) {
        print;
}
print "</PRE>";