netspeed.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#              bash 4.1.5(1)     Linux Ubuntu 10.04               Date : 2011-10-09
#
# _______________|  netspeed : check download speed via command line.
#
#           Usage:  netspeed [tokyo, london, usw, use, east, westm, rbx, sbg, bhs URL]
#           Default server is RBX FR.

#                            First try it out without any arguments.
#                                            
#    Dependencies:  wget 
#
#  CHANGE LOG  get LATEST version from https://bitbucket.org/rsvp/gists/src
#
#  2011-10-09  Add rate conversion to Mbps using negated first argument.
#  2011-10-08  Add URL as possible arg. Clarify rate units.
#                 Public as gist to https://gist.github.com/1272488
#  2011-10-07  First version based on wget, though curl also works:
#                 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/426272
#                 Command line alternative to http://www.speedtest.net
# 
#  2014-12-27: (UPDATED BY MLWALK3R)
#- Removed a bunch of useless text 
#+ Added more locations to download from
#* changed some hosts to better ones
#* Defalut host is now RBX
#* wget now shows Mb/s

#           _____ Prelims
set -u
#   ^ unbound (i.e. unassigned) variables shall be errors.
set -e
#   ^ error checking :: Highly Recommended (caveat:  you can't check $? later).  
#
# _______________     ::  BEGIN  Script ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

site=${1:-'rbx'}


case $site in 
'london') test='http://ipv4.speedtest-lon1.digitalocean.com/100mb.test'    ;;
#  LON1 (London)
'tokyo')  test='http://speedtest.london.linode.com/100MB-london.bin'      ;;

'sgp')  test='http://ipv4.speedtest-sgp1.digitalocean.com/100mb.test'      ;;
#  SGP1 (Singapore)
'gra')    test='http://lg.walk3r.com/100MB.test' ;;
#  GRA (Gravelines, France)
'rbx')    test='http://ipv4.rbx.proof.ovh.net/files/1Gb.dat' ;;
#  RBX (Roubaix, France)
'sbg')    test='http://ipv4.sbg.proof.ovh.net/files/1Gb.dat' ;;
#  SBG (Strasbourg, France)
'bhs')    test='http://ipv4.bhs.proof.ovh.net/files/1Gb.dat' ;;
#  BHS (Beauharnois, QC, Canada)
'ams')    test='http://speedtest-ams3.digitalocean.com/100mb.test'  ;;
#  AMS3 (Amsterdam)
'usw')    test='http://speedtest.fremont.linode.com/100MB-fremont.bin'  ;;
#  US West:  Fremont, California
'use')    test='http://speedtest.newark.linode.com/100MB-newark.bin'    ;;
#  US East:  Newark, New Jersey
'east')   test='http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test500.zip'                 ;;
#  US East:  Washington, D.C.
'west')   test='http://speedtest.sjc01.softlayer.com/speedtest/speedtest/random500x500.jpg' ;;
#  US West:  San Jose, California
*)        test=$1  ;;
#  valid URL assumed, else wget will give any error message.
esac
     #  Test file sources:
     #  digitalocean, softlayer, OVH, linode.



if [ $test = -${test#-} ] ; then
     #     ^check for negative sign in the first argument.
     echo "`awk "END { print ($test * -0.007813) }" /dev/null` Mbps"
     #      awk as nice floating-point calculator!
else
     echo ' ::                Speed rate is in megabits/sec:       '
     echo ' ::  [Terminate netspeed by control-C]     [ cf. http://speedtest.net ] '
     echo ' ::  '
     #      MAIN
     wget  --report-speed=bits --output-document=/dev/null  $test 
fi


exit 0
# _______________ EOS ::  END of Script ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::