#!/usr/bin/env python import socket import re import sys def check_server(address, port): s = socket.socket() print("Attempting to connect to %s on port %s" % (address, port)) try: s.connect((address, port)) print("Connected to %s on port %s" % (address, port)) return True except socket.error, e: print("Connected to %s on %s port failed: %s" % (address, port, e)) return False if __name__ == "__main__": from optparse import OptionParser parser = OptionParser() parser.add_option("-a", "--address", dest="address", default="localhost", help="ADDRESS for server", metavar="ADDRESS") parser.add_option("-p", "--port", dest="port", type=int, default=80, help="PORT for server", metavar="PORT") (options, args) = parser.parse_args() print("options:%s, args: %s" % (options, args)) check = check_server(options.address, options.port) print("check_server returned %s" % check) sys.exit(not check)