Oh, you will be very disappointed. This is the script: #!/bin/sh result=$(ping -n -c 1 -W 1 1.1.1.1 | perl -lne '/icmp_seq=1.*time=([0-9.]+) ms/ and p

Oh, you will be very disappointed. This is the script: #!/bin/sh result=$(ping -n -c 1 -W 1 1.1.1.1 | perl -lne '/icmp_seq=1.*time=([0-9.]+) ms/ and print $1;') if [ -z "$result" ]; then echo "I: -- ms" else echo "I: $result ms" fi It runs as a shell script in my XMobar every second. Sorry to hear about your storage dying on you.