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+# A simple script to perform a ping sweep of the 
+# Websploit (websploit.org) containers in the 
+# 10.6.6.0/24 network.
+
+import subprocess
+
+# Define the network to scan
+network = "10.6.6.0/24"
+
+# Use the 'ping' command to scan the network
+for i in range(1, 255):
+    ip = "10.6.6." + str(i)
+    result = subprocess.run(["ping", "-c", "1", "-W", "1", ip], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    if result.returncode == 0:
+        print(ip + " is up")
+    else:
+        print(ip + " is down")
+
+# This script uses a for loop to iterate through all possible IP addresses in the network
+# (from 10.6.6.1 to 10.6.6.254) and uses the ping command to check if the host is up or down. 
+# The -c option specifies the number of pings to send, 
+# and the -W option specifies the timeout in seconds.