Getting ready

Besides having a terminal open, we need to remember a few concepts:

  • The If..Else condition case in shell scripting
  • IP address of the device
  • curl command must be installed (you can install it by using the following command: sudo apt install curl)

The purpose of this section is to show you how you can check network connectivity.

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