<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><a href='http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=rykHdvBh' target='_blank'>http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=rykHdvBh</a><br><br>bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are "pingable" test sites.<br>127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp]<br><br>i have a "oneliner" that echoes if theres "internet connection or no".<br>$ ping -W 1 -c 2 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 2 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null && echo "internet connection ok" || echo "no internet connection"<br>internet connection ok<br>$ ping -W 1 -c 2 127.0.0.1 >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 2 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null && echo "internet connection ok" || echo "no internet connection"<br>no internet connection<br>$ ping -W 1 -c 2 127.0.0.1 >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 2 127.0.0.1 >& /dev/null && echo "internet connection ok" || echo "no internet connection"<br>no internet connection<br>$ ping -W 1 -c 2 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 2 127.0.0.1 >& /dev/null && echo "internet connection ok" || echo "no internet connection"<br>no internet connection<br>$ ping -W 1 -c 2 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 2 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null && echo "internet connection ok" || echo "no internet connection"<br>internet connection ok<br>$<br><br>Ok!<br><br>But: if i want the "oneliner" to only go along when theres internet connection:<br>$ while $TORF; do ping -W 1 -c 1 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 1 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null && TORF=false || TORF=true; done<br>$ while $TORF; do ping -W 1 -c 1 127.0.0.1 >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 1 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null && TORF=false || TORF=true; done<br>$ while $TORF; do ping -W 1 -c 1 127.0.0.1 >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 1 127.0.0.1 >& /dev/null && TORF=false || TORF=true; done<br>$ while $TORF; do ping -W 1 -c 1 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 1 127.0.0.1 >& /dev/null && TORF=false || TORF=true; done<br>$ while $TORF; do ping -W 1 -c 1 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 1 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null && TORF=false || TORF=true; done<br>$ <br><br>It just doesn't work. <br><br>Goal: if theres no internet connection, then the oneliner must loop until there is internet connection. if theres internet connection the oneliner ends.<br><br>what am i missing?</body></html>