check with nmcli device wifi if there's an active connection

Question

I'm building some code on java to disconnect the wifi in case theres an active wifi connection

To disconnect the wifi connection i use:

 nmcli con down id [SSID NAME]

But i need the command to check if theres an active connection an if so, i need the name of the SSID Active wifi connection

Christopher Martinez · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-10 21:09:01Z

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You can see the active connections with this command

nmcli con show --active

It will show you if there's an active wifi or ethernet connection, if there's no wifi type displayed then there's no active wifi connection.

answered Dec 10, 2020 at 21:09

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