A simple python3 script to iterate through a list of hostnames or IP addresses, ping them, and filter offline devices

ping_range.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
import platform
import subprocess
import argparse
import magic


def pingAllTargets(path, plat):

    with open(path, "r") as targets:

        for line in targets:

            line = line.rstrip()

            if "Windows" in plat:
                ping = ['ping', '-n', '1', line]
            else:
                ping = ['ping', '-c', '1', line]

            status = subprocess.call(
               ping, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

            if status == 0:
                print("%s: OK" % line)
            else:
                print("%s: OFFLINE" % line)


def main():

    plat = platform.system()

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="ping_range.py")
    parser.add_argument('file', metavar='file',
                        help="list of targets to ping")

    args = parser.parse_args()
    path = args.file.lower()

    fileName = args.file

    try:
        fileType = str(magic.from_file(fileName))
    except OSError:
        print("OSError: file '%s' does not exist!" % fileName)
        sys.exit()

    if "ASCII text" in fileType:
        pingAllTargets(path, plat)
    else:
        print("Error: please use a plain text file separating individual",
              "hostname/ip with new line")
        sys.exit()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()