netping

netping allows a quick check / ping of groups of hosts.

Features

• Hosts can be stored in config files
• Hosts can be added to groups / removed from groups
• Pings can be run on
  • a list of host names (command line param)
  • a stored group of hostnames
  • all hostnames (using the all group)

Pings are executed asyncronously (allowing quick processing of a large number of hostnames).

If not running in verbose mode, only hosts without ping success are displayed (the failing hosts).

The default directory for the configuration file is $HOME/.netping/config.json or %USERPROFILE%/.netping/config.json.

Usage:

 $ netping [-g group1 group2] [-a|-d|-D|-s] [-v] [-t] [-c file] [host1 ...]

  -a, --add             Add hostnames to list

  -d, --delete          Delete hostnames from list

  -s, --show            Show hostnames in list

  -D, --delete-group    Delete a group and it's host list

  -g, --groups          (Default: all) Hostname Groups. Show supports "*" for all groups.

  -v, --verbose         Show all ping results

  -c, --config          Configuration file

  -t, --timeout         (Default: 500) Timeout in ms

  --help                Display this help screen.

  --version             Display version information.

Examples

Ping all known hosts. Only show the failing host names

$ netping

Ping all hosts showing responses or error messages

$ netping -v

Ping all hosts of the db group

$ netping -g db

Add some hosts to the db group

$ netping -g db -a dbhost01.my.domain dbhost02 mydbhost.domain.net

Delete a host from the db group

$ netping -g db -d mydbhost.domain.net

Show group db

$ netping -g db -s

Show all groups and their hosts

$ netping -g * -s

Delete the group db

$ netping -g db -D

Implementation

C# .netCore 3.1

Additional Libraries:

• CommandLineParser 2.8.0
• System.Net.Ping (4.3.0)