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Terminal script to sound alarm when an IP address is reachable again

By Andy Jarrett

Two scripts to warn you when either an address is UP or DOWN.

Alarm when address is reachable (good if the box or your internet connection is down):

pingAddress=google.com
while :
do
  ping -t 2 -o pingAddress && say ping $pingAddress working
  sleep 2
done

Gist here

This script sounds an alarm when it does not connect to an address:

pingIpAddress=google.com
 while :
 do
   ping -t 2 -o -c 1 $pingIpAddress || say ping to $pingIpAddress failing
   sleep 2
 done

Gist here

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