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[Cable] Automatically check cable availability on Linux/Mac

#!/bin/bash
 
if [[ $1 == *teksavvy.com* ]] && [[ $2 != "" ]] && [[ $3 == *@* ]]
then
        URL=$1
        POSTALCODE=$2
        EMAIL=$3
else
        echo "Syntax: ./teksavvy_cable_avail.sh <URL> <POSTAL_CODE> <EMAIL>"
        exit 1
fi
 
OUTPUT=`wget -qO- $URL --post-data="postal=$POSTALCODE&submit=Submit" |grep Congratulations`
if [[ $OUTPUT == *"is available"* ]]
then
        echo $OUTPUT |mailx -s "Teksavvy Cable Internet Is Here!" $EMAIL
fi
 

0 8 * * * /home/ewu/teksavvy_cable_avail.sh http://teksavvy.com/en/checkontariocable.asp <postal_code> <me@myemail.com>
 

Thanks for sharing your script. I should start doing this on my Mac since I'm still eagerly waiting for the Ottawa launch.

1 minute? Nah 30 seconds is more like it.

Why oh why is the TSI website down? .... Rocky: You damn people running that stupid script every 30 seconds.

lol... i've been meaning to make something but every time i think about it i get distracted elsewhere, so thanks.

reply to mlerner

said by mlerner:

1 minute? Nah 30 seconds is more like it.