#!/bin/sh
name="pingable"
version="1.0"
help_message=$(/usr/bin/cat <<-EOF
Check if an address or name is ping-able
Usage: pingable [ ADDRESS | NAME ]
Options:
-h, --help print this message and exit
-v, --version print version number and exit
EOF
)
# Note: `ping` will set the return code to...
# 0 on success
# 1 on failure to ping
# 2 on name resolution failure for most (i.e. Linux) platforms
# 68 on name resolution failure for some (i.e. macOS) platforms
. /usr/local/lib/myminiparse.sh
ping -c 1 $1 >/dev/null 2>&1