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Sometimes it is necessary to sense whether a host is online.
In [1]: import os In [2]: a = os.system( "ping -c 1 -w 1 -q haspp08 > /dev/null 2>&1") In [3]: a Out[3]: 0 In [4]: a = os.system( "ping -c 1 -w 1 -q haspp88 > /dev/null 2>&1") In [5]: a Out[5]: 512