Script to Watch for Ubuntu 9.10 Launch – can be used in other scenarios.

2010-02-10 1 min read Linux
I know ubuntu is out already but this is something that you can use to monitor a webpage. This script will run check a for the Ubuntu 9.10 launch once every 5 mins and let you know when it&#8217;s available: while [ 1 ]; do if [ -z \"`curl -I \"http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/release/\"|grep \"404\"`\" ]; then kdialog --msgbox \"9.10 Released\"; exit; fi; sleep 300; done <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/99XcDO7_UNXZESNlOirXkV4_tfA/0/da"><img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/img.zemanta.com/~a/99XcDO7_UNXZESNlOirXkV4_tfA/0/di" alt="" align="bottom" /> Continue reading