Little shell script to check if a domain is still connected. Run with cron job!

check-domain-connect.sh

#!/bin/sh
if whois $1 | grep -i status | grep -q connect
then
    echo "$1 still connected" >/dev/null
else
    echo "*** The domain $1 is not connected! ***"
fi

changed=$(whois $1 | grep -i changed)
old_changed=$(cat ~/var/domain_changed_${1})

if [ "$changed" != "$old_changed" ]
then
    echo "*** The domain $1 changed! ***"
    echo "$changed" > ~/var/domain_changed_${1}
fi

exit 0