al-skel/home/bin/check-network

#!/usr/bin/env bash

count=0
disconnected="/"
disconnected2="\\"
wireless_connected=""
ethernet_connected=""

while true; do
    if (ping -c 1 archlabslinux.com || ping -c 1 google.com || ping -c 1 bitbucket.org || ping -c 1 github.com || ping -c 1 sourceforge.net) &>/dev/null; then
        echo "$disconnected" ; sleep 0.6
        echo "$disconnected2" ; sleep 0.6
    else
        # avoid checking what type of interface it is every loop
        if (( count < 1 )); then
            ID="$(ip link | awk '/state UP/ {print $2}')"
            ((count++))
        fi

        if [[ $ID == e* ]]; then
            echo "$ethernet_connected" ; sleep 25
        else
            echo "$wireless_connected" ; sleep 25
        fi
    fi
done