# Re: Advanced ping **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 29, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-advanced-ping/95339 "2006-05-29T11:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-advanced-ping/95339/1 "2006-05-29T11:57:40Z")
fr Peter: # I remember i did this long time ago in Python by calling the command # line ping and screen-scraping the result. Ugly solution, but worked. same here, but i’ve always trusted the os-level ping, so something like, irb(main):009:0\> p=`ping 10.2.10.4 -c 5` =\> “PING 10.2.10.4 (10.2.10.4) 56(84) bytes of data.\n64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.635 ms\n64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.513 ms\n64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.519 ms\n64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.525 ms\n64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.507 ms\n\n— 10.2.10.4 ping statistics —\n5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4000ms\nrtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.507/0.539/0.635/0.056 ms\n” irb(main):010:0\> puts p PING 10.2.10.4 (10.2.10.4) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.635 ms 64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.513 ms 64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.519 ms 64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.525 ms 64 bytes from 10.2.10.4: icmp\_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.507 ms — 10.2.10.4 ping statistics — 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.507/0.539/0.635/0.056 ms =\> nil irb(main):029:0\* tx,rx,loss,time=p.scan(/(\d+) packets transmitted, (\d+) received, (\d+)% packet loss, time (\d+)ms/).flatten =\> [“5”, “5”, “0”, “4000”] irb(main):030:0\> tx =\> “5” irb(main):032:0\> rx =\> “5” irb(main):033:0\> loss =\> “0” irb(main):034:0\> time =\> “4000” irb(main):036:0\* min,avg,max,mdev=p.scan(/rtt min/avg/max/mdev = (\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+) ms/ ).flatten =\> [“0.507”, “0.539”, “0.635”, “0.056”] irb(main):037:0\> min =\> “0.507” irb(main):038:0\> avg =\> “0.539” irb(main):039:0\> max =\> “0.635” irb(main):040:0\> mdev =\> “0.056” # Anything better over here? 'm not sure either. but if it is wriiten in ruby, it should look better 🙂 kind regards -botp ---
**Author:** ![PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-advanced-ping/95339/2 "2006-05-29T12:06:55Z")
Peña wrote: > # Anything better over here? > > 'm not sure either. but if it is wriiten in ruby, it should look better 🙂 > ;-)) I am already rolling with Ruby, but I can not really remember > Python had String.scan() > which is actually a very nice method in Ruby. Thx a lot!