Dear Friends, I want to Ping LDAP Server(say 10.10.10.112) from a Script, store the data in a file and then grep last 2-3lines from that file to know LDAP Response.Last 2-3 Lines are normally:- "4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 0/0/0 " So it gives a fair idea of LDAP Response. Here is a small Script and its output:- ---------- bash-2.03# cat pingserver.sh #!/bin/ksh ping -s 10.10.10.112 & sleep 5 pkill -f ping bash-2.03# sh pingserver.sh PING 10.10.10.112: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from mllndata (10.10.10.112): icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms 64 bytes from mllndata (10.10.10.112): icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms 64 bytes from mllndata (10.10.10.112): icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms 64 bytes from mllndata (10.10.10.112): icmp_seq=3. time=0. ms 64 bytes from mllndata (10.10.10.112): icmp_seq=4. time=0. ms 64 bytes from mllndata (10.10.10.112): icmp_seq=5. time=0. ms 24534 Terminated bash-2.03# ----------- Here I am having 3 issues:- 1)I used '&' , still Ping output is coming onto screen(Not Desirable, I have tried Redirection[>] also). 2)When I stop Ping with Cntl+C, it gives %packet loss line and max/avg/min Line. But here as I abruptly killed using pkill,those lines were not printed. 3)How to Run Ping in Background and also catch output in a file simultaneously? I will be grateful if anyone can Produce a Solution to this Problem. Thanx and Regards

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