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githubbers.sh

#!/bin/bash

SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"

last_employee_count=$(cat last-employee-count)
last_employee_list="$(cat last-employee-list)"

employee_count=$(curl -s 'https://github.com/about/team' | grep -o '[0-9]* employees' | grep -o '[0-9]*')
employee_list="$(curl -s https://github.com/about/team | grep -e '<div class="employee">' -A 1 | grep -Po '(?<=<a href="/)[^"]+(?=">)')"

if [ $(wc -l <<<"$employee_list") -ne $employee_count ]; then
  echo "Page states $employee_count employees, but list contains $(wc -l <<<"$employee_list")"
fi

if [ "$last_employee_list" != "$employee_list" ]; then
  echo "Found different employees."
  echo

  echo "Employees no longer listed:"
  comm -23 <(sort <<<"$last_employee_list") <(sort <<<"$employee_list")

  echo

  echo "Employees newly listed:"
  comm -13 <(sort <<<"$last_employee_list") <(sort <<<"$employee_list")
fi

echo "$employee_list" > last-employee-list
echo "$employee_count" > last-employee-count