On 13Feb2013 08:02, Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan@gmail.com wrote: | On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 20:31 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > On 13Feb2013 01:06, Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan@gmail.com wrote: | > | On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 14:40 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > | > If I want to know if I have an internet connection I look for a | > | > default | > | > route in the output of "netstat -an", thus: | > | > | > | > netstat -rn | egrep '''^(default|0.0.0.0) +[1-9]''' >/dev/null | > | | > | netstat -an ... | > | > That prints all the existing connections and sockets. | > -rn prints the routing table. | | I was merely pointing out that your two references to netstat use | different options.
Oh. Whoops; hadn't noticed my typo. -rn is the option set I meant, and that I use for "am I connected to the internet?" in my own scripts.