Windows pop up message when responds to ping [cmd, PowerShell]

Question

Is it possible to run a specific script and receive a message (like msg command) when the pinged machine becomes available?

ping -n <Address> | find "TTL=" && (
msg * Online
)

Why not use a simple batch file with a label looping mechanism! 1. ```:loop```, 2.```@ping.exe -n
2>nul | find.exe "TTL=" 1>nul && (msg.exe * Online) || goto loop```. If you wanted to reduce the frequency of checks, to say every 3 seconds, change ```goto loop``` to ```timeout.exe /t 3 /nobreak 1>nul & goto loop```. — Compo, Dec 07 '22 at 13:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '22 at 17:26

Here is a PowerShell way:

ping -t <Address> | Select-String 'TTL=' | Select-Object -First 1
msg * Online

ping -t <Address> repeatedly pings the given host.
Select-String 'TTL=' searches each output line of ping for the given RegEx pattern. If found, it is piped to the next command.
Select-Object -First 1 ends the pipeline as soon as the first line has been found.
This outputs the line containing "TTL=" to the console. If you don't want this, append | Out-Null.

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