pinger.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if the argument is provided
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Please provide a filename as an argument."
  exit 1
fi

# Read each line of the file
while read -r address; do
  # setting timeout, piping error
  # Execute ping; if it fails, skip to the next address
  result=$(ping -c 1 -W 2 "$address" 2>/dev/null) || continue
  # Extract the ping time from the result using cut
  time=$(echo "$result" | grep "time=" | cut -d "=" -f 4)

  # Print the address and the ping time
  echo "$address $time"
done <"$1" | sort -k 2n | column -t -N "Address,Speed"