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Bash script to scrape current bitcoin exchange prices and update a local json file
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update_bitcoin_prices.sh
#!/bin/bash
BTC_PATH=$1
REMOTE_URL=http://bitcoincharts.com/t/weighted_prices.json
wget -q -O $BTC_PATH.temp $REMOTE_URL
test $? -ne 0 && exit
test ! -e $BTC_PATH.temp && exit
test $(stat -c%s $BTC_PATH.temp) -lt 600 && exit
mv $BTC_PATH{.temp,}
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