redirect test script

gistfile1.rb

url = ARGV.shift


redirect = true

while redirect do
  redirect = false
  status = ""
  location = "<none>"
  curl = `curl -s -I #{url}|dos2unix`
  curl.each_line do |line|
    if line =~ /HTTP\/1..\s+(\d+)/ then
      status = $1
    end
    if line =~ /^Location:\s*(.*)/ then
      location = $1
    end
  end
  puts "#{url} -> #{status} -> #{location}"
  if status =~ /3../ then
    redirect = true
    url = location
  end
end

./foo.rb http://google.com
http://google.com -> 301 -> http://www.google.com/
http://www.google.com/ -> 302 -> http://www.google.es/
http://www.google.es/ -> 200 -> <none>