Bash script that checks if Facebook posted their IPO papers to the SEC every 10 seconds (warning, very naive approach, make it better).

fb_sec.sh

#!/bin/sh

URL='http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=facebook&match=&CIK=&filenum=&State=&Country=&SIC=&owner=exclude&Find=Find+Companies&action=getcompany'
alias fb_sec='curl $URL'
PREIPO=`fb_sec` 
while : ;
do
  sleep 10s
  IPO=`fb_sec`
  if [[ "$IPO" != "$PREIPO" ]]
  then
    open $URL
  else
    echo 'Nothing to see here!'
  fi
done