This Bash script is designed to help you automatically execute commands once an internet connection is detected. Ideal for developers, sysadmins, and power users, this script repeatedly pings a specified server (default: Google) until a successful response is received, then runs any command you specify. Use it to automate tasks that depend on in…

wait_for_internet.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if a command is passed
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Started internet watchdog!"
else
	echo "Usage: $0; <command>"
	exit 1
fi


# Loop until internet is available
until ping -c 1 google.com >/dev/null 2>&1; do
	echo "Waiting for internet connection..."
	sleep 5
done

echo "Internet is available. Executing the next command..."