Am 27.03.2010 13:48, schrieb James Bensley: > Would help if I actually put the link in maybe? Doh! > > http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=QRYHjDpQ Why `ping -c $PCount $hosts | grep "64 bytes" | wc | awk {'print $1'}' when `ping -c $PCount $hosts | grep -c "64 bytes"' is sufficient? Alexander