net_test.py

import subprocess
import time
import os

OUTPUT = os.path.expanduser("~/luke_output_network")
num_per_file = 1000
try:
    os.makedirs(OUTPUT)
except:
    print("dir already exists. continuing")

def get_ping():
    batcmd="ping -c 1  google.com"
    try:
        result = subprocess.check_output(batcmd, shell=True)
        return float(result.split("time=")[1].split(" ms")[0])
    except Exception as e:
        print("Could not reach google.")
        print(e)
        try:
            print(result)
        except:
            pass
        return None


saves = []
while True:
    try:
        result = get_ping()
        t = time.time()
        saves.append((str(t), str(result)))

        if len(saves) > num_per_file:
            path = os.path.join(OUTPUT, str(t)+".txt")
            print("writing output", path)
            with open(path, "w") as f:
                f.write("\n".join([", ".join(x) for x in saves]))
            saves = []
    except Exception as e:
        print(">>> FaIL", e)

    time.sleep(1)