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Old 04-27-2008
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typo: inpt ---> input

Code:
ping -c 1 otherhost | while read input; do
  date +"%I:%M:%S %p <-> $input"
done

Also note that "%r" can be used instead of "%I:%M:%S %p" as in

Code:
ping -c 1 otherhost | while read input; do
  date +%r" <-> $input"
done