And that's why I don't do anything in bash :) On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Wakefield, Thad M. < twakefield at stcloudstate.edu> wrote: > If I were doing this in bash, I would start with something like this: > > xx=`ping -c1 8.8.8.8 | sed -n '/ttl/s/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/p'` ;if [ "$xx" > != "" ] && [ "$xx" -lt "75" ]; then echo $xx;else echo mail; fi > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn- > > linux.org] On Behalf Of Raymond Norton > > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 8:00 AM > > To: tclug-list > > Subject: [tclug-list] alert for long ping times > > > > I currently run an aggressive ping script that sends an email if > specific hosts go > > down. Is there a way to do the same; maybe even play a sound, when ping > > times exceed 75ms? > > > > -- > > Raymond Norton > > LCTN > > 952.955.7766 > > > > -- > > Sent From My Desktop > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150323/f8a2771d/attachment.html>