Do cd /home/ then nano block.sh copy the code below and paste (right click if you use putty) to the script. #!/bin/bash while true ; do clear echo "Press enter to break loop. Script will loop every 3 seconds" echo "script by Nixsy 18th august 2013" echo "If loop freezes press CTRL+C" echo "" echo -e " \033[31mdownloaded\e[0m/\033[32mavailable\e[0m" echo -e " \033[31m"`bitcoin-cli getblockcount 2>&1`"\e[0m"/"\033[32m"`wget -O - http://blockchain.info/q/getblockcount 2>/dev/null`"\e[0m" read -t 3 -n 3 && break done When you have copied the text to nano hold CTRL+X and then press Y to save. In terminal type or copy from below followed by the enter key. chmod +x block.sh to start the script type. ./block.sh This is just a little edit of the script from Lohoris, It will clear the screen then loop the script every 3 seconds until a key press. Credit to Lohoris for the original script.