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Build a Network Ping Monitor in Python

A Python script that continuously pings a remote host using subprocess and reports connectivity status with timestamps and latency.

ping network monitoring

Python

import subprocess
import time

def ping_host(host, count=4):
    """Ping a host and return the results."""
    try:
        # Platform-independent ping command
        cmd = ["ping", "-c", str(count), host]
        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10)
        return result.stdout, r…

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Automation & scripting medium

Find Zombie Processes on Linux with Python

Parse the output of `ps -eo pid,stat,comm` to detect processes in zombie state (Z) on a Linux system and report their PIDs and commands.

linux process monitoring

Python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import subprocess

def find_zombie_processes():
    """Find zombie processes (state 'Z') running on Linux."""
    try:
        result = subprocess.run(['ps', '-eo', 'pid,stat,comm'], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
        zombies = []
        for line in result.stdout.stri…

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Automation & scripting medium

How to Detect Recently Installed Software in Python

Uses subprocess to call pip and parse package metadata to list recently installed Python packages.

pip subprocess automation

Python

import subprocess
import sys
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

def detect_recently_installed(days=7):
    """Detect recently installed software packages."""
    recent_packages = []
    cutoff_date = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=days)
    
    try:
        # For pip-installed packages (Python packages)
    …

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How to Monitor USB Device Connections in Python

A Python utility that monitors USB device connections and disconnections by comparing output of the lsusb command at regular intervals.

usb monitoring subprocess

Python

import time
import subprocess
import os

def get_usb_devices():
    """Return list of currently connected USB devices (Linux)."""
    try:
        result = subprocess.run(['lsusb'], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
        return result.stdout.strip().split('\n')
    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, F…

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Automation & scripting medium

Track Internet Connectivity and Downtime Automatically in Python

Monitors internet connectivity by pinging a remote host and logs any downtime events with timestamps and duration.

internet connectivity monitoring

Python

import time
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime

def check_internet(host="8.8.8.8", timeout=3):
    """Returns True if internet is reachable via ping."""
    try:
        subprocess.run(
            ["ping", "-c", "1", "-W", str(timeout), host],
            capture_output=True,
            timeout=timeout …

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