prettyping
prettyping is a wrapper around the standard ping tool that makes its output prettier, more colorful, more compact, and easier to read. It runs ping in the background and parses the output, displaying ping responses in a graphical way at the terminal using colors and Unicode characters. Written in bash and awk, prettyping works across many systems including Linux, Mac OS X, and BSD, and supports various awk implementations such as gawk, mawk, nawk, and busybox awk. Requirements include bash, awk, and ping, with optional use of stty or tput for auto-detecting terminal size. Installation is simple: download the script, make it executable, and run it with no root permissions needed. It is useful for network administrators, developers, and anyone who wants a more visual and readable alternative to standard ping output for monitoring network latency and connectivity.