<# .SYNOPSIS Pings a host .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script pings the given host. .PARAMETER hostname Specifies the hostname or IP address to ping (x.com by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./ping-host.ps1 x.com ✅ Host 'x.com' is UP (20ms latency to IP 104.244.42.65). .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$hostname = "x.com") try { $remoteHosts = $hostname.Split(",") $tasks = $remoteHosts | foreach { (New-Object Net.NetworkInformation.Ping).SendPingAsync($_,3000) } [Threading.Tasks.Task]::WaitAll($tasks) foreach($ping in $tasks.Result) { if ($ping.Status -eq "Success") { Write-Host "✅ Host '$hostname' is UP ($($ping.RoundtripTime)ms latency to IP $($ping.Address))." exit 0 # success } } Write-Host "⚠️ Host '$hostname' doesn't respond - check the connection or maybe the host is down (yet)." exit 1 } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }