# Example iwconfig output: # ----------------------- # $ iwconfig wlp3s0 # wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"BPLUNWIRED" # Mode:Managed Frequency:5.785 GHz Access Point: E2:55:2D:C0:64:B8 # Bit Rate=135 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm # Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off # Power Management:on # Link Quality=59/70 Signal level=-51 dBm # Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 # Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 # # # USAGE: khatus_parse_iwconfig -v requested_interface="$wifi_interface" /^[a-z0-9]+ +IEEE 802\.11 +ESSID:/ { interface = $1 split($4, essid_parts, ":") essid[interface] = essid_parts[2] gsub("\"", "", essid[interface]) } /^ +Link Quality=[0-9]+\/[0-9]+ +Signal level=/ { split($2, lq_parts_eq, "=") split(lq_parts_eq[2], lq_parts_slash, "/") cur = lq_parts_slash[1] max = lq_parts_slash[2] link[interface] = cur / max * 100 } END { i = requested_interface status = link[i] ? sprintf("%s:%d%%", essid[i], link[i]) : "--:--%" print("status" Kfs i, status) }