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A script to verify if my connection is up and running. Put it to run in your crontab and you can have logs of your broadband internet connection, for example. Call $ check_connection.sh > output.log
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check_connection.sh
#!/bin/sh
datetime=`date +%Y-%m-%d\ %H:%M:%S`
my_ip=`curl -s ifconfig.me`
exit_code=$?
if [ $exit_code == 0 ]; then
echo $datetime [ONLINE] $my_ip
else
echo $datetime [OFFLINE] Exit code: $exit_code
fi
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