The issue is that the windows ping.exe and the linux ping command return different outputs so formatting them means I have to differenciate between windows and linux. After some searching I came across fping which is a custom ping program for linux. It’s designed to be used in scripts which digest it’s output.

F100 anti rattle installation. InstallationThis library requires a forked version of fping, that has an added option tooutput the basic alive, unreachable and unresolvable hosts in CSV format.Go to and follow the installationinstructions there to compile and install the custom version.