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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# setting the locale, some users have issues with different locales, this forces the correct one
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
+# configuration
+# @tmux2k-ping-server "example.com"
+# @tmux2k-ping-rate 5
+
+current_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+source $current_dir/utils.sh
+
+ping_function() {
+  case $(uname -s) in
+  Linux | Darwin)
+    # storing the hostname/IP in the variable PINGSERVER, default is google.com
+    pingserver=$(get_tmux_option "@tmux2k-ping-server" "google.com")
+    pingtime=$(ping -c 1 "$pingserver" | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d '/' -f 2)
+    echo "$pingtime ms"
+    ;;
+
+  CYGWIN* | MINGW32* | MSYS* | MINGW*)
+    # TODO - windows compatability
+    ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+main() {
+
+  echo $(ping_function)
+  RATE=$(get_tmux_option "@tmux2k-ping-rate" 5)
+  sleep $RATE
+}
+
+# run main driver
+main