LINUX MINT CINNAMON NETWORK MONITOR APPLET

 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

#! /bin/bash

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#   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"