CODEWITHSUNDEEP
bash
Jesse Hix
Jesse Hix

Reputation: 93

Issue with ping sweep that reads in an IP address

The main issue I am having with this is pinging the read in IP address. It always says that the address is down.

Ping_Sweep()
{
echo -e '\n'
echo  '----- Ping Sweep -----'
echo -e '\n'
command date >>  pingresults.tx
echo "Enter in the first three number sequences of an IP address (ex. ###.###.###): "
read -r ip_address
for x in $ip_address
do
    echo "IP address being pinged: $ip_address"
    if ping –c 1 "$x" &> /dev/null 
    then
        echo "IP: $x is up."
    else  
        echo "Ping failed. $x is down."
    fi
done
Main_Menu
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 129

Answers (1)

l0b0
l0b0

Reputation: 58958

ping –c should be ping -c. Your original command has an en dash. This is usually caused by copying code rendered by a bad blog framework.

Upvotes: 1

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