On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, S Mathias wrote: > To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx > From: S Mathias <smathias1972@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: whats wrong with my internet connection checker script? > > $ true && true || echo hi > $ true && false || echo hi > hi > $ false && true || echo hi > hi > $ false && false || echo hi > hi > $ ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null | grep -q "100% packet loss" && ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null | grep -q "100% packet loss" || echo "no internet connection" > no internet connection > $ > ping -W 1 -c 4 google.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" > $ > ping -W 1 -c 4 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null | grep "100% packet loss" > $ Would a bash script be more simple, rather than trying to do all the piping stuff on one line? Keith -- In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. This email was sent from my laptop with Centos 5.5 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos