i needed a ping that would run constantly and keep track of misses, etc - obvs a work in progress but here goes

nping

#!/usr/bin/zsh
status() {
OUTPUT="===hello==="
[[ ! -z $1 ]] && OUTPUT=$*
# Save cursor pos
tput sc
# Change scroll region to exclude first line
tput csr 1 $((`tput lines` - 1))
# Move to upper-left corner
tput cup 0 0
# Clear to the end of the line
tput el
# Create a header row
echo -n "*** ${OUTPUT} ***"
# Restore cursor position
tput rc
}
if [[ ! -z $1 && $1 == "--status" ]]; then
	shift
	status $*
	exit
fi
HOST=8.8.8.8
[[ ! -z $1 ]] && HOST=$1
clear
echo 
status pinging $HOST
ping $HOST | awk -v HOST=$HOST '
BEGIN {
	counter=1
	series=1
	fails=0
}
{
	if(/icmp_/) {
		series=substr($5,10)
		time=substr($7,6)
		system("'$0' --status pinging "HOST" "series" \\("fails" failed pings\\)")
		if(series == counter) {
			print "ping#"series"("counter") "time"ms"
		} else {
			fails++
		}
		counter++
	}
	if(transmitted) { print $0 }
}
'