expressvpn fastest host

xvpnping.sh

#!/bin/ash
#
# /usr/share/scripts/xvpnping.sh yes
# expressvpn fastest host script
#
# /etc/openvpn/hosts"
# uk-berkshire-2-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com
# uk-east-london-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com
# uk-london-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com
# uk-kent-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com
#
# /etc/openvpn/host"
# uk-berkshire-2-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com
#
# echo "config /etc/openvpn/host" >> /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf
#

## Initial Defaults   
Smallest=1000000
Server=""

## Params
Tolerance=5
Pings=4

## Files
input="/etc/openvpn/hosts"
output="/etc/openvpn/host"

## Ping Function
func_ping () {
  PingMs1=`ping -c $Pings -q -i .2 $myHost | grep avg | awk -F'/' '{print $5}'  | sed -e "s/ ms//"`
  PingMs=${PingMs1/./}
  PingMs=$((PingMs / 1000))
  #echo "$myHost $PingMs"
}

## Get Current Host
_host=$(cat $output | tr -d "\n" | tr -d "\r")
host=$(echo $_host | awk '{print $2}')
# echo -e "CURRENT:\t$host"

## Get Current Host Ping
myHost=$host;
func_ping;
Smallest=$PingMs;
Server=$host;
echo "+++++++++++++++"
echo -e "CURRENT:\t$host ($Smallest)"
echo "+++++++++++++++"

## Loop Thru All Hosts
while IFS= read -r myHost
do
  func_ping;
  
  ## Debugging
  if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
    echo -e "$PingMs\t\t$myHost"
  fi
  
  if [ "$((Smallest - PingMs))" -gt $Tolerance ];then 
    Server=$myHost
    Smallest=$PingMs 
  fi;
  
done < "$input"

## STATUS
echo "+++++++++++++++"
echo -e "FASTEST:\t$Server ($Smallest)"
echo "+++++++++++++++"
HOST="remote $Server 1195"
#echo "$PingMs $Server"

## QUERY-ONLY
if [ ! -z $1 ]; then
  echo "Query Only."
fi

## Do UPDATE
if [ "$Server" == "$host" ]; then
  echo -e "NOCHANGE:\t$host ($Smallest)"
  exit 0;
else
  #Server=""
  if [ -z $Server ]; then
    echo "ERROR: Fastest Host is NOT set."
  else
    echo "UPDATE: $HOST"
    echo  $HOST > $output
    /sbin/service openvpn stop;
    sleep 2
    /sbin/service openvpn start;
  fi
fi

you have to create these 2 files, hosts contains a list of servers (copied from the openvpn config for each expressvpn server) and host contains a single line "host" that is included in your openvpn config file running on the host the script executes on.

I have updated the head of the script to show the files to be added and the line to be included in the /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf file.

I think ping command is not properly configured, i get error
I have manjaro OS

Usage: ping [-aAbBdDfhLnOqrRUvV64] [-c count] [-i interval] [-I interface]
[-m mark] [-M pmtudisc_option] [-l preload] [-p pattern] [-Q tos]
[-s packetsize] [-S sndbuf] [-t ttl] [-T timestamp_option]
[-w deadline] [-W timeout] [hop1 ...] destination
Usage: ping -6 [-aAbBdDfhLnOqrRUvV] [-c count] [-i interval] [-I interface]
[-l preload] [-m mark] [-M pmtudisc_option]
[-N nodeinfo_option] [-p pattern] [-Q tclass] [-s packetsize]
[-S sndbuf] [-t ttl] [-T timestamp_option] [-w deadline]
[-W timeout] destination
+++++++++++++++
CURRENT: (0)
+++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++
FASTEST: (0)
+++++++++++++++
NOCHANGE: (0)