Как удалить символы после "." (точка )в первом столбце?

Без цикла while:

# -W 50 = timeout after 50 seconds
# -c 1  = 1 packet to be sent
response="$(ping -W 50 -c 1 "$1" | grep '1 
packets transmitted, 1 received')"

if [ "$response" == '' ] ; then
  echo no response after 50 seconds
else
  echo connected
fi