Traceroute for Linux hosts without traceroute/tracepath available

tracert.sh

# To use this Bash function:
#  [user]$ source tracert.sh
#  [user]$ tracert 
#  Tracing to 8.8.8.8...
#  1	250.50.224.1
#  ...
#  [user]$ tracert 1.1.1.1
#  Tracing to 1.1.1.1...
#  1	250.50.224.1
#  ...
tracert ()
{
    HOST=${1:-8.8.8.8};
    echo Tracing to $HOST...;
    for i in $(seq 1 35);
    do
        data=$(ping -n -w2 -c 1 -t $i 8.8.8.8 2>&1);
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            echo -e "$i\t$HOST";
            break;
        fi;
        echo -e "$i\t$(echo $data | egrep -o "From [^ ]+" | cut -d" " -f2)";
        sleep 1;
        i=$[i+1];
    done
}