Step 1

• Create a new Python file in PyCharm by right-clicking the project you created and selecting New > Python File.

Step 2

• Create a variable and assign it a filename value provided by the user.

file_name = input("Choose a filename: ")

Step 3

• Import the OS library

import os

Step 4

• Use the os.system() function to ping the public IP address 8.8.8.8

#for mac and linux add -c 4 flag
os.system(r"ping 8.8.8.8")

Step 5

• Save the results to a new file with the name chosen by the user.
• Note: Since the os.system() function executes commands on the operating system, you need to rely on stdout operations, such as output redirects, to create and append to a file using the symbol >>. In addition, remember that internet connectivity can be validated by pinging a public IP address.

os.system(r'ping 8.8.8.8 >> "' + file_name + '".txt"')

Step 6

• Use the open() function to read the file that was created in the previous step.

with open(file_name + ".txt","r") as file:

Step 7

• Create an if condition to check if the file contains “ms.”

if "ms" in file.read():

Step 8

• Print a message to inform the user that internet connectivity is available.
• Note: Observe the output of the ping command when an IP address is reachable, as opposed to when it is unreachable. Each outcome will output a string that can be used in the code to create a condition statement.

print("You have an internet connection")

Step 9

• Add an else statement to print a message if there is no internet connection.

else:
    print("You don't have an internet connection")

Step 10

• Open the file and view the result of the ping.

Final Code

import os

file_name = input("Choose a filename: ")
#for mac and linux add -c 4 flag
os.system(r'ping 8.8.8.8 >> "' + file_name + '".txt"')
with open(file_name + ".txt","r") as file:
    if "ms" in file.read():
        print("You have an internet connection")
    else:
        print("You don't have an internet connection")