simple python IP pinger

from os import system # for clearing the screen import platform # for identifying os import subprocess # for running other commands example ping # ANSI color codes YELLOW = "\033[33m" GREEN = "\033[32m" RED = "\033[31m" RESET = "\033[0m" # platform check to make program cross platform if platform.system().lower() == 'windows': clear = 'cls' else: clear = 'clear' # whats point of a tool if u dont have ascii??? ascii = (r""" ██╗██████╗ ██████╗ ██╗███╗ ██╗ ██████╗ ███████╗██████╗ ██║██╔══██╗ ██╔══██╗██║████╗ ██║██╔════╝ ██╔════╝██╔══██╗ ██║██████╔╝█████╗██████╔╝██║██╔██╗ ██║██║ ███╗█████╗ ██████╔╝ ██║██╔═══╝ ╚════╝██╔═══╝ ██║██║╚██╗██║██║ ██║██╔══╝ ██╔══██╗ ██║██║ ██║ ██║██║ ╚████║╚██████╔╝███████╗██║ ██║ ╚═╝╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚═╝ ╚═══╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═╝ """) def ping(host): # diff command for diff OS if platform.system().lower() == 'windows': param = '-n' else: param = '-c' command = ['ping', param, '1', host] # command for the ping try: result = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) # subprocess.run - runs the command we give it # stdout=subprocess.PIPE - stores the success msg # stderr=subprocess.PIPE - stores the error msg return result.returncode == 0 # returns 0 [success] if no issues except Exception: return False # return false [error] if there is a issue # main program while True: system(clear) # clears screen print(ascii) # print our 10/10 ascii print(f"{GREEN}[!] select an option :{RESET}\n") print(f"{YELLOW}[1] start pinger{RESET}") print(f"{YELLOW}[2] exit{RESET}\n") opt = input(f"{YELLOW}[>] {RESET}") if opt == "1": # system(clear) print(f"{GREEN}[!] enter ip :{RESET}") ip = input(f"{YELLOW}[>] {RESET}") # getting ip by user print(f"{GREEN}[!] pinging {ip} ...{RESET}") if ping(ip): # using our function to check if ip is reachable print(f"{GREEN}[+] {ip} is reachable!{RESET}") else: print(f"{RED}[-] {ip} is not reachable.{RESET}") input(f"\n{YELLOW}Press Enter to continue...{RESET}") elif opt == "2": # breaks out of while loop if user exits break