Ruby misc

Install Module

• gem install net-ping

Host reachable

#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'net/ping' 
def up?(host)
  check = Net::Ping::External.new(host)
  check.timeout = 1
  check.ping?
end
puts up?(ARGV[0])

Links

• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby/ruby_socket_programming.htm