#!/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