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+Hello! Welcome to the world of pings.
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+To use this tool you must have tkinter installed on your system. That should be the only requirement.
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+Click the button in the top left corner and you can then open a .txt with the addresses one per line.
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+It will then display its actions, and show its progress.
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+Upon completion all file locations are displayed to eliminate any confusion.
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