#!/bin/sh
#
# pinghosts - ping hosts in /etc/hosts, output is coloured (red=bad). Ver 1.00.
#
# 25-Jun-2003	Brendan Gregg	Created this mini script.

for host in `awk '/^[0-9]/ { print $1 }' /etc/hosts`
do
	echo "Checking $host: \c"
	ping $host 1 2>&1 | \
	   sed 's/.*no answer.*/&/;s/.*is alive.*/&/'
done