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Shell script to restart USB wifi adapter on Linux
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restart-usb-wifi.sh
#!/bin/sh
for device in $(ls /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/product) ; do
dir="$(dirname "$device")"
if [ "$(cat "$device")" = "802.11n NIC" ] ; then
port="$(basename "$dir")"
echo Restarting "$port"...
echo "$port" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/unbind
sleep 2
echo "$port" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb/bind
echo "Port $port restarted."
fi
done
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