#!/bin/sh URL='http://repos.lax-noc.com/speedtests/100mb.bin' TIME1="$( date +%s )" wget -qO /dev/null "$URL" TIME2="$( date +%s )" DIFF=$(( TIME2 - TIME1 )) SPEED=$(( (100 * 1024) / DIFF )) echo $SPEED # kilobytes/sec