IP="$1" OUTFILE="$2" TIME_LENGTH_TIL_AWAY=60 startedTimeout="n" away="n" alertedHome="n" alertedAway="n" #IP="172.16.1.66" #64 counter=0 #stdbuf -oL arping "$IP" | while read line while read line do echo "$line" if [ "$line" = "Timeout" ]; then if [ "$startedTimeout" = "n" ]; then startedTimeout="y" counter=1 else let "counter += 1" fi else if [ "$startedTimeout" = "y" ]; then startedTimeout="n" if [ $counter -ge 100 ]; then echo "$(date +%H:%M:%S) -- $counter" >> "$OUTFILE" fi counter=0 fi fi done < <(stdbuf -oL arping "$IP") # if != Timeout then here; reset timer to 0 # if == Timeout for more than x minutes then not here