From 686ae00927fb2cb66da537f12c6fc7f634539d9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Martinez <7996045+martinezhenry@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 21:36:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] adding available-port.py

---
 available-port.py | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 available-port.py

diff --git a/available-port.py b/available-port.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62b683b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/available-port.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+# Def function log
+# print a new line to debug
+
+
+def log(msg):
+    print(print_prefix + msg)
+
+
+args = sys.argv
+port = ''
+print_prefix = "-> "
+if len(args) > 1:
+    port = args[1]
+else:
+    log("please indicate a port")
+    log("ex: python available-port.py {port-number}")
+    log("{port-number} must be replaced with de port number what you want to check")
+    exit(0)
+
+log("checking port: " + port)
+stream = os.popen('netstat -lntu | grep :' + port + ' | awk \'{print $6}\'')
+output = stream.read()
+
+if len(output) > 0:
+    log("status: " + output)
+else:
+    log("port " + port + " is not listening")
+