This simple shell script will test your Internet connection and then tell you if it is up or not. wgetvar=$(wget -q –tries=3 –timeout=20 –spider http://google.com) if [ $? -eq ‘0’ ] then echo "Internet is up." else #some logging echo "Internet is down.." fiwgetvar=$(wget -q –tries=3 –timeout=20 –spider http://google.com) if [ $? -eq ‘0’ … Read more
GKrellMConkyHtop There are a few very useful dock and system status apps for Linux in 2019. I am going to look at a few old and new dock apps for your Linux desktop. GKrellM This is a very nice monitoring app for your Linux desktop. This shows CPU, disk, Ethernet and memory information. It can … Read more
This simple one liner will print the battery status of your laptop battery in percent. This shows that I have 48% battery charge remaining. PS C:\> (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Battery).estimatedchargeremaining 48PS C:\> (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Battery).estimatedchargeremaining 48 Run it like this to get all of the information about your laptop battery. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Battery) … Read more
The show interface brief command, issued at the elevated command prompt will show the status of all ports on the switch/router and also show your vlan interfaces you have created. tyrion#show ip interface brief Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol Vlan1 unassigned YES NVRAM up down Vlan2 172.18.31.128 YES NVRAM up up GigabitEthernet0/1 unassigned YES … Read more