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domain_available.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Invocation: ./domain_available.sh domain.com email@yourcompany.com
# Could be configured with cron to alert you when a domain is available.
MAILTO=$2
DOMAIN=$1
STATUS=`whois $DOMAIN | grep 'Status:' | awk -F ' ' '{ print \$2; }'`
STATUS=${STATUS:="available"}
case $STATUS in "available")
echo "Is $DOMAIN available?" | mail -s "$DOMAIN available?" $MAILTO;
;;
esac
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