Script to Alert when server is UP and running

The inspiration which led me to making this script was because of a couple of reasons. Firstly because the internet connectivity is intermittent here, so i run this script and check for google.com hence I will get notified when connection is back unless google is down ;) . The second reason is that I work on a lot of servers and when a server is gone for a reboot, I can run this script and give the server IP as input hence I will get notified when server is back online. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ #!/bin/bash echo "Enter ip/domain name" read a HOSTS=$a COUNT=4 for myHost in $HOSTS do count=$(ping -c $COUNT $myHost | grep 'received' | awk -F',' '{ print $2 }' | awk '{ print $1 }') if [ $count -eq 4 ]; then # 100% Up echo "Host...

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Change Wallpaper Script

The script below will change the wallpaper by randomly selecting a picture from a directory specified. For the script to work you will have to add it as a cron and set the interval of your choice for the wallpaper change.   Open your favourite editor and paste the codes below: +++++++++++++++++++++++++ #!/bin/bash # Directory Containing Pictures DIR=/home/hari/Pictures LOG=/home/hari/tapeta.log # Command to Select a random file from directory PIC="$( for p in [jJ][pP][gG] [pP][nN][gG] ; do ls $DIR/*.$p done | shuf -n1 )" # Command to set Background Image if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ] ; then # this is because of gconftool bug in cron TMP=~/.dbus/session-bus export $(grep -h DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS= $TMP/$(ls -1t $TMP |...

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