Unix shell script that logs the results of an Internet speed test (using speedtest-cli)

logspeed.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Alex Klibisz (10/2014)

# Shell script which will call the python speedtest-cli (https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli)
# and write the results to two log files - one with simple results, one with verbose results -
# prepended by the date/time of the speed test.

# This script should be either included in the same directory as the speedtest-cli files or
# the speedest-cli.py should be added to the /usr/bin (can use soft link).

# To use, specify the paths to your desired simple and verbose logs in the following 2 lines:

log_simple="/var/www/html/speedtest/speedtest.log"
log_verbose="/var/www/html/speedtest/speedtest_verbose.log"

now="$(date +'%Y/%m/%d %T')"

#simple speed test
printf "$now\n" >> "$log_simple"
speedtest_cli.py --simple >> "$log_simple"
printf '\n' >> "$log_simple"

#verbose speed test
printf "$now\n" >> "$log_verbose"
speedtest_cli.py >> "$log_verbose"
printf '\n' >> "$log_verbose"