Windows 10: Help needed writing batch script!

Firstly thank you for even clicking on this thread as I understand that this probably isn't meant to be here.


The scenario is that I'm trying to write a script that incorporates the result of a ping to an IP and then based on the result do different things.

Here is an example of what I'm trying to achieve:

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ping IP

if ping successful, do this

otherwise

do this..

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I'm a complete novice at script writing so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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