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Created April 20, 2015 20:35
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Alert if host is back up
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hostup
hostup() {
if (( $# != 1 )); then
echo "Usage: hostup HOSTNAME"
else
until $(which ping) -W1 -c1 ${1} > /dev/null; do sleep 5; done && $(which say) "${1} is up"
fi
}
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