Ping-PS

PowerShell script to ping some or all the IP addresses inside a CSV file.

Description

This PowerShell script reads a CSV file and pings the IP addresses listed in the IPAddress column.

Ping-v3.ps1 -file <csvfile>

File name and path of the CSV file to read.

Default file is "IPList.csv"

-showtable

If present it outputs in the console the table data from the CSV file.

-location ""

If present it filters the location hosts to ping.

If NOT present then it pings all the hosts in the list.

-writelog

If present it writes the results inside a log.txt file.

The CSV file must have headers: HostName,IPAddress,Location

Example 1

Ping all the hosts inside "IPList.csv", also show the csv table in console.

Ping-v3.ps1 -showtable

Example 2

Ping all the hosts inside "IPList.csv", also show the csv table in console and ping only the ones inside location "ESXi"

Ping-v3.ps1 -showtable -location "ESXi"

Twitter: @RomelSan
Date: November 6, 2021

MIT License

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