Network Monitor Applet for Cinnamon with Bars

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Network Monitor Applet for Cinnamon with Bars

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The following script in bash, is a cinnamon panel applet for Linux Mint, that provides network monitoring (upload download speed , and bars).

1.Copy the following code

2.Paste it to an empty file

3.Save it in whichever directory you like as network.sh

4.Make this file executable with the following command in terminal(open the terminal in the same directory):

chmod +x network.sh

5.Then make sure you download the CommandRunner Applet in cinnamon panel:

Right click on the panel you want to present the network monitor
Select Applets
Select Download tab, select CommandRunner and download it
Back on the Manage tab, press the CommandRunner Configure button.
In the Command field, put : /directory/of/network.sh
In the Run Interval field, put: 1 second
Hit Apply
6.You are good to go.

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#! /bin/bash
#  _   _          _                               _    
# | \ | |   ___  | |_  __      __   ___    _ __  | | __
# |  \| |  / _ \ | __| \ \ /\ / /  / _ \  | '__| | |/ /
# | |\  | |  __/ | |_   \ V  V /  | (_) | | |    |   < 
# |_| \_|  \___|  \__|   \_/\_/    \___/  |_|    |_|\_\
#   written by Christos Angelopoulos
NET="$(ifstat -SAnq 0.2 1)"
INTERFACE="$(echo "$NET"|head -1|sed 's/      / /')"
UP="$(echo "$NET" | tail -1|awk '{print $3}'|sed 's/\..*$//')"
DOWN="$(echo "$NET" | tail -1|awk '{print $2}'|sed 's/\..*$//')"
BUP=$(( $UP/12 ))
BDOWN=$(( $DOWN/80 ))
if [ $BDOWN -gt 9 ];then BDOWN=9;fi
if [ $BUP -gt 9 ];then BUP=9;fi
mes1="∇ "$(echo "$DOWN")" kB "
mes3="∆ "$(echo "$UP")" kB "

#loop to decide which download levels are on 
i=0
while [ $i -lt 9 ]
do
 if [ $i -lt $BDOWN ]
 then
 	BAR_0_[$i]="███████_"
 else
 	BAR_0_[$i]="        "	
	fi
	((i++))
done
#loop to decide which upload levels are on 
i=0
while [ $i -lt 9 ]
do
 if [ $i -lt $BUP ]
 then
 	BAR_1_[$i]="_███████"
 else
 	BAR_1_[$i]="        "	
	fi
	((i++))
done


xml=`cat <<EOF
<xml>
<appsettings>
<tooltip>     Interface :$INTERFACE
Download : $DOWN kB/s
Upload :      $UP kB/s</tooltip>
<clickaction>cinnamon-settings network</clickaction>
</appsettings>
<item>
<type>box</type>
<attr>
<vertical>1</vertical>
</attr>

			<item>
			<type>box</type>
			<attr>
			<vertical>0</vertical>
			<xalign>0</xalign>
			</attr>	
			
					<item>
					<type>box</type>
					<attr>
					<vertical>1</vertical>
					<xalign>0</xalign>
					</attr>	
						
								<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>$mes1</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>padding: 0px;font-size: 9pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange</style></attr>
								</item>

								<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>$mes3</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>padding: 0px;font-size: 9pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175)</style></attr>
								</item>
					</item>
	
						</item>
					<item>
					<type>text</type>
					<value>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXΧΧΧXXXXXXXXX</value> 
					<attr><xalign>0</xalign><yalign>2</yalign><style>font-size: 2pt;color:rgb(88,88,88)</style></attr>
					</item>    		  
</item>
					<item>
					<type>box</type>
					<attr>
					<vertical>1</vertical>
					<xalign>0</xalign>
					<yalign>0</yalign>					
					<style>padding: 0px</style>
					</attr>	
					
						<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[9]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
						<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[8]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[7]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[6]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[5]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[4]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[3]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[2]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[1]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
					<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_0_[0]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>						
						<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>███████_</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:orange;padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>						

					</item>
					<item>
					<type>box</type>
					<attr>
					<vertical>1</vertical>
					<xalign>0</xalign>
					<yalign>2</yalign>					
					<style>padding: 0px</style>
					</attr>	
					
						<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[9]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
						<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[8]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[7]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[6]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[5]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[4]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[3]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[2]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
												<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[1]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>
						<item>
					<item>
								<type>text</type>
								<value>${BAR_1_[0]}</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>						
								<type>text</type>
								<value>_███████</value> 
								<attr><xalign>0</xalign><style>font-size: 1pt;font-weight: bold;color:rgb(95,215,175);padding: 0px</style></attr>
						</item>						

					</item>

</xml>

EOF
`
echo "$xml"
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Re: Network Monitor Applet for Cinnamon with Bars

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Here is an updated version of this script, presented with instructions, & screenshots:

https://gitlab.com/christosangel/networ ... -with-bars
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