Checks for internet connection, prints the status on the terminal and save a status variable for later.

checkInternet.sh

#!/bin/bash
#Checks for internet connection, prints the status on the terminal and save a status variable for later.

wget -q --tries=5 --timeout=20 --spider http://google.com
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
    STATUS=true
    echo "ONLINE
else
    STATUS=false
    echo "OFFLINE"
fi