prettyTrace.awk

#!/bin/awk
#before processing lines, check if "src" variable has been passed
#If so, print it out, if not just print "origin"
#Set the field separator to be '(' or ')'
BEGIN {
	if (src) {
		printf "%s -> ", src
	} else {
		printf "%s -> ", "origin"
	}
	FS = "[()]"
}
#Now for line by line processing
#If  line contains "(", pull out the IP from the line and print it
#for every line with a hop processed, we'll keep track of the hop IP
#If this is the first line, then the IP is the destination, so set
#dest variable to that IP. but don't increment hop count If it's not the first line,
#then increment the hop count up.
{
	if ($0 ~ /\(/) {
		printf "%s -> ", $2
		lasthop = $2
		if (! dest) {
			dest = lasthop
		} else {
		hops++
		}
	}
}
#Once all lines have been processed and traceroute is done
#if the last hop hit doesn't match the dest, the trace failed
#
END {
	if (lasthop != dest) {
		print "DEATH, ", hops , " hops"
	} else {
		if (hops < 2) {
			print "No Route, ", hops , " hops"
		} else {
			print "SUCCESS, ", hops , " hops"
		}
	}
}