Check the status of a website and send an email if it is down

Check Website Status

#!/bin/bash
# Script that checks the health status of a website and
# sends notifications if the website is unavailable.
HOST='website.com'

status=`curl -L -o /dev/null --silent --head --write-out '%{http_code}\n' $HOST`
if [ $status != 200 ]; then
    echo "$HOST received a status of $status." | mail -s "$HOST is down" "johnsmith@gmail.com"
fi