From d72cd13a1364139c2e60e774fb4d5bed0be1fcc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: neersighted <neersighted@neersighted.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:12:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] added message to ping

---
 plugins/ping.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/ping.py b/plugins/ping.py
index 5637cee..f5386ee 100644
--- a/plugins/ping.py
+++ b/plugins/ping.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import re
 
 
 @hook.command
-def ping(inp):
+def ping(inp, reply=None):
     ".ping <host> [count] -- Pings <host> [count] times."
 
     args = inp.split(' ')
     host = args[0]
-
+    
     if len(args) > 1:
         count = args[1]
         count = int(count)
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ def ping(inp):
 
     count = str(count)
 
+    reply("Attempting to ping %s %s times..." % (host, count))
+    
     pingcmd = subprocess.check_output("ping -c "\
                                     + count + " " + host, shell=True)
     if 'request timed out' in pingcmd or 'unknown host' in pingcmd: