BSNL_DNS_server_performance_test.sh

#! /bin/bash

set -o posix
set -o nounset
shopt -s extglob # allow extended pattern matching operators

# Executables
# ~~~~~~~~~~~
# So can change to suit OS variant
nslookup='/usr/bin/nslookup'
sort='/usr/bin/sort'

#--------------------------
# Name: test_servers
# Purpose: tests response times of list of servers
# $1 - list of servers
# $2 - results heading
#--------------------------
function test_servers {

    local oIFS out secs server

    out=''
    for server in $1
    do
        echo -n '.'
        # DEVELOPMENT NOTE: -timeout=5 in command below does not seem to be effective; default 15 timeout operates
        secs="$(/usr/bin/time -f '%e' $nslookup '-timeout=5' 'www.google.com' $server 2>&1 1>/dev/null)"
        out="$out
    $secs $server"
    done

    out="$(echo "$out" | $sort --general-numeric-sort)"

    echo
    echo "$2"
    oIFS="$IFS"
    IFS='
    '
    for buf in $out
    do
        IFS="$oIFS"
        IP_address="${buf#* }"
        response_time="${buf% *}"
        if [[ ${response_time%.*} -lt 5 ]]; then
            response_time="$response_time seconds"
        else
            response_time='Timed out'
        fi
        printf '%16s  %s\n' "$IP_address" "$response_time"
    done


    return 0

}  # end of function test_servers

BSNL_servers='
61.1.96.69
61.1.96.71
61.1.96.72
218.248.240.23
218.248.240.135
218.248.240.180
218.248.240.181
218.248.240.208
218.248.255.139
218.248.255.145
218.248.255.146
'

#echo 'DEBUG: setting small BSNL DNS server list'
#BSNL_servers='
#218.248.240.23
#218.248.240.208
#'

OpenDNS_servers='
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
'

Level3_servers='
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
'

test_servers "$BSNL_servers" 'Known BSNL DNS servers with query response times'
test_servers "$OpenDNS_servers" 'Known OpenDNS servers with query response times'
test_servers "$Level3_servers" 'Known Level3 servers with query response times'

echo '
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cat '/etc/resolv.conf'
\exit 0