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June 28, 2017 02:18
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Script to run speedtest-cli via cron and log the results
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| LOG_PATH="/home/$(whoami)/log/speedtest.log" | |
| if result=$(/usr/bin/speedtest --simple); then | |
| parsed_result=$(printf "${result}\"" | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/" /g' | sed 's/: /="/g') | |
| printf "[$(date)] ${parsed_result}\n" >> "${LOG_PATH}" | |
| else | |
| printf "[$(date)] error\n" >> "${LOG_PATH}" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| exit 0 |
I got the script to work but I don't think the sed is working. I can't decipher it and not sure its intent but when I run the command without the two sed redirects it gives the same output either way. The output is dispersed across three lines instead of a nice neat one line log entry.
Came in handy after changing /usr/bin/speedtest to /usr/bin/speedtest-cli. Thanks!
Thank you. Works like a charm.
I had to manually put my home folder on LOG_PATH, for some reason the
Thanks again!.
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If your script doesn't run and your logs (get them with
sudo grep CRON /var/log/syslogcontain:You might have to change the permissions on the script to be executable with
chmod +x <name of script>.