A basic BASH script for searching Github for new and interesting repos

search.sh

if [ -z ${1+x} ]; then
        printf "usage:    search.sh terms.txt\n\n";
        exit -1;
fi

DT=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d' --date="yesterday")
RESULTS_DIR="./results"
EMAIL=""

if [ ! -d "${RESULTS_DIR}" ]; then
        mkdir "${RESULTS_DIR}"
fi

while read -r TERM; do
        curl -s -G https://api.github.com/search/repositories \
        --data-urlencode "q=\"${TERM}\" in:name,description,readme created:>${DT}" \
        -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.preview" \
        | jq ".items[] | {name, description, language, watchers_count, html_url}" \
        > "${RESULTS_DIR}/${TERM}_${DT}.txt"
        mail -s "${TERM} - New Github Repos" "${EMAIL}" < "${RESULTS_DIR}/${TERM}_${DT}.txt"
done < ${1}

terms.txt

malware protocol
malware communication
network traffic
reverse engineer
exploit kit
indicator of compromise
network forensics