https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/ping/m-p/3310587#M881844 MYVAR=`ping XXXXXX -n 1 |grep icmp`<BR /><BR />Rgds...Geoff Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:54:46 GMT Geoff Wild 2004-06-21T07:54:46Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/ping/m-p/3310586#M881843 Hello<BR />I want to seperate the second line from the ping result to an variable:<BR /><BR />PING XXXXXX: 64 byte packets<BR />64 bytes from 172.30.200.60: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms --&gt; THIS IN A VARIABLE<BR /><BR />----XXXXX PING Statistics----<BR />1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss<BR />round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 0/0/0<BR /><BR />How does it works ?<BR />Thanks Ralf Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:49:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/ping/m-p/3310586#M881843 Ralf Buchhold 2004-06-21T07:49:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/ping/m-p/3310587#M881844 MYVAR=`ping XXXXXX -n 1 |grep icmp`<BR /><BR />Rgds...Geoff Mon, 21 Jun 2004 07:54:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/ping/m-p/3310587#M881844 Geoff Wild 2004-06-21T07:54:46Z