<# .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' at IP 104.244.42.1 is up with 20ms latency. .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-Output "✅ Host '$hostname' at IP $($ping.Address) is up with $($ping.RoundtripTime)ms latency." exit 0 # success } else { Write-Output "⚠️ No reply from '$hostname' (IP $($ping.Address)) - check the connection or maybe the host is down." exit 1 } } Write-Output "⚠️ No reply from host '$hostname' - check the connection or maybe the host is down." exit 1 } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }