#!/usr/bin/env python
# Unsorted
from multiprocessing import Pool
import os

def ping(ip):
  global results
  report = ("No response","Partial Response","Alive")
  pingaling = os.popen("ping -q -c2 "+str(ip),"r")
  while 1:
    line = pingaling.readline()
    try:
      result = line[line.find(','):].split()[1]
      output = report[int(result[0])]
    except:
      pass
    if not line: break
  print "Testing %s : %s!" % (ip, output)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  pool = Pool(processes=10)
  host = ['81.24.212.'+str(x) for x in range(10)]
  pool.map(ping, host, 1)
  pool.close()
  pool.join()


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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Sorted
from multiprocessing import Pool
import os

def ping(ip):
  global results
  report = ("No response","Partial Response","Alive")
  pingaling = os.popen("ping -q -c2 "+str(ip),"r")
  while 1:
    line = pingaling.readline()
    try:
      result = line[line.find(','):].split()[1]
      output = report[int(result[0])]
    except:
      pass
    if not line: break
  return "Testing %s : %s!" % (ip, output)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  pool = Pool(processes=10)
  host = ['81.24.212.'+str(x) for x in range(10)]
  unsorted = pool.map(ping, host, 1)
  pool.close()
  pool.join()
  for line in sorted(unsorted):
      print line