Added a function for truncating output

src/main.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod tests;
+mod text;
 
 use clap::{Args, Parser, Subcommand};
 

src/tests/network.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use chrono::prelude::*;
 use std::{fs,process};
 
+use crate::text;
+
 // ping a host
 pub fn ping_host(host: &str, count: &u16) {
     println!("Pinging host {}, {} times.", host, count);
@@ -15,8 +17,12 @@ pub fn ping_host(host: &str, count: &u16) {
     // check that the command succeeded
     assert!(output.status.success());
 
-    // print out the ping results from stdout
+    // grab the ping results from stdout
-    println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
+    let results_raw = &String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    let results = text::format::trim_output(results_raw, 4);
+    for line in results {
+        println!("{}", line);
+    }
 }
 
 // timed file copy test to guage bandwidth speeds

src/text/format.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use std::vec::Vec;
+
+pub fn trim_output(text: &str, linecount: u16) -> Vec<&str> {
+    let text_vec: Vec<&str> = text.split("\n").collect();
+    let text_start = text_vec.len() - (linecount as usize);
+    let text_trim = text_vec.as_slice()[text_start..].to_vec();
+    return text_trim;
+}

src/text/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod format;