Mass Ping Tool

The below PowerShell script reads a text or csv file of hostnames and then reports the result.

$nl = [Environment]::NewLine
Write-Host "Welcome to the Mass Ping Tool - Author Nick Beare"
$nl
$ping_path = read-host "Please enter the path of the csv or txt
 file containing the hostnames you would
 like to ping eg c:\folder\hostnames.txt.  Please note, each hostname
 must be listed on a separate line in your
 input file, although whitespace at either
 end of a hostname is accepted"
$date = get-date -f ssddMMyyyy
$file = $date + "ping_results.txt"
$nl
$username = $env:username
$target = "c:\users\"
$target2 = $target + $username
write-host "Please wait while your ping results are generated below.
  A copy of the results can also be found at $target2"
$nl
$index = 0
get-content $ping_path | foreach { 
if (test-connection $_.trim() -quiet) 
{ 
write-output "$_ pingable" | out-file c:\users\$env:username\$file -append 
} 
else 
{ 
write-output "$_ down" | out-file c:\users\$env:username\$file -append
}
get-content c:\users\$env:username\$file | select -index $index
$index = $index + 1
}

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Mass Ping Tool