How to parse a ping result with regex?

@gilbert 

To parse a ping result with regex, you can use the following steps:

1. Obtain the ping result output that you want to parse.
2. Create a regex pattern that matches the specific information you want to extract from the ping result. For example, if you want to extract the IP address and round-trip time from the ping result, you can use the following regex pattern:

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r"(d+.d+.d+.d+).*time=(d+.d+).*$"

1. Use the re module in Python to search for the regex pattern within the ping result string and extract the desired information. Here is an example code snippet that demonstrates this:

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import re

ping_result = "64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=48 time=18.174 ms"
regex_pattern = r"(d+.d+.d+.d+).*time=(d+.d+).*$"

match = re.search(regex_pattern, ping_result)
if match:
    ip_address = match.group(1)
    round_trip_time = match.group(2)
    print(f"IP address: {ip_address}")
    print(f"Round-trip time: {round_trip_time} ms")

1. Modify the regex pattern as needed to capture additional information from the ping result.

By following these steps, you can effectively parse a ping result using regex in Python.