Simple script to check urls.

link_checker.sh

urls=(
"http://google.com"
"http://this-is-probably-an-404.com"
)

for i in "${urls[@]}"
do
  # request without following the redirects
  curl -s -w "%{http_code} %{url_effective}\\n" $i -o /dev/null
  # To follow redirects use
  #curl -sL -w "%{http_code} %{url_effective}\\n" $i -o /dev/null
done