Ping-Machines

.ps1

# Name: Ping-Machines
# This is a script created for educational purposes, no puppies were harmed while using write-host
# The purpose of this script is to be improved with new features, style and best practices
# https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-CiBNPRVIA2KhV94GXuIv2_nQGvyrkJs

Write-Host "Script is running" -ForegroundColor Cyan -BackgroundColor Black

$Hosts = Get-Content 'C:\temp\MyScript\Hosts.txt' # Source list of devices to ping
$Output = 'C:\temp\MyScript\PingResults.txt'      # Results output file location

function PingMachines { # Function starts
foreach ($_ in $Hosts) { # foreach loop starts here
            if (Test-Connection -ComputerName "$_" -Count 1 -Quiet) {    # if conditional for test-connection
                     Write-Host "$_ is reachable" -ForegroundColor Green # Message to Console
                     Write-Output "$_ is reachable"                      # Message to file
                                    } else {                             # else conditional statement
                     Write-Host "$_ is NOT reachable" -ForegroundColor Red # Message to Console
                     Write-Output "$_ is NOT reachable"                  # Message to file
                                            }
                        }
                        }

PingMachines | Out-File "$Output" -Append -Force # Function runs and exports results

Write-Host "Done!" -ForegroundColor Cyan -BackgroundColor Black