netCon - neat tool to test network connections

.netConList

#example list of severs/sites to ping
blog.fefe.de
google.com
spiegel.de

.netConrc

#set defaults
file=./.netConList
count=3

README.md

netCon - Test network-connection

Configuration-file: .netConrc (default)
List-file: .netConList (default in .netConrc)

####Configurations:

• List: each line should contain a servername
• RC-File: vars are defined here (shell-syntax)
• Comments: # (shell-syntax)

####Options:

-c Number of pings to each server
-f File containing the list of servers to ping

####Examples:

• To quickly get a pingback from a certain server which isn't in a file you can simply do the following:
  netCon -f <(echo 'test.server.tld')
• You can also modify the amount of packets to be sent:
  netCon -c n (but please do NOT 'spam')

###ToDo

• Directly pass multiple server-addresses to the script without the need of an extra file

netCon.sh

#!/bin/sh
#init defaults
. ./.netConrc
while [ $# -gt 0  ]
do
  case "$1" in
    -f) file="$2"; shift;;
    -c) count="$2"; shift;;
    --)   shift; break;;
    -*) echo >&2 \
        "usage: $0 [-f file] [-c count]"
        exit 1;;
    *)  break;; # terminate while loop
  esac
  shift
done
while read -r line           
do           
    [[ $line = \#* ]] && continue
    ping -c $count $line | tail -3
done < $file