A simple shell script to display or notify the user via email about domain status and expiry date.
Use the curl or wget command to grab script as follows:
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/click0/domain-check-2/master/domain-check-2.sh
## [ sample domain list for testing purpose ] ##
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/click0/domain-check-2/master/domain-list.txt
## [ install it in /usr/local/bin dir ] ##
$ sudo cp -vf domain-check-2.sh /usr/local/bin/domain-check-2
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/domain-check-2
Requires whois, curl (for domains in the .kz zone), mail (mailutils).
Run it as follows:
$ domain-check-2 -d google.com
$ domain-check-2 -f domain-list.txt
$ domain-check-2 -f domain-list.txt -a -e admin@my-cool-domain.com
Sample outputs:
Domain Registrar Status Expires Days Left
----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- -------- ----------- ---------
nixcraft.com NameCheap, Inc. Valid 10-may-2024 756
google.org MarkMonitor Inc. Valid 20-oct-2022 188
google.net MarkMonitor Inc. Valid 15-mar-2023 334
google.info MarkMonitor Inc. Valid 31-jul-2022 107
cyberciti.biz NameCheap, Inc. Valid 30-jun-2025 1172
google.in MarkMonitor Inc. Valid 14-feb-2023 305
google.co.in MarkMonitor Inc. Valid 23-jun-2022 69
google.us MarkMonitor, Inc. Valid 18-apr-2023 368
google.uk Markmonitor Inc. Valid 11-Jun-2022 57
google.co.uk Markmonitor Inc. Valid 14-Feb-2023 305
google.jp Google LLC Valid 31-may-2022 46
google.cz REG-MARKMONITOR Valid 22-jul-2022 98
google.pl Markmonitor,Inc. Valid 18-sep-2022 156
google.co MarkMonitor, Inc. Valid 24-feb-2023 315
google.ru RU-CENTER-RU Valid 04-mar-2023 323
google.blog MarkMonitor, Inc Valid 19-aug-2022 126
linux.cafe Porkbun LLC Valid 14-nov-2022 213
google.co MarkMonitor, Inc. Valid 24-feb-2023 315
dotmobi.mobi CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. Expiring 11-may-2022 26
google.me MarkMonitor Inc. Valid 13-jun-2022 59
google.us MarkMonitor, Inc. Valid 18-apr-2023 368
google.su RUCENTER-SU Valid 15-oct-2022 183
youtube.tv MarkMonitor Inc. Valid 14-aug-2022 121
abc.xyz MarkMonitor, Inc (TLDs) Valid 20-mar-2025 1070
google.se MarkMonitor Inc Valid 20-oct-2022 188
google.dk DK Hostmaster A/S Valid 31-mar-2023 350
Setup Unix/Linux cron job as follows to get email notification to send expiration notices:
@daily /path/to/domain-check-2.sh -f /path/to/your-domains.txt -a -e you@example.com
$ domain-check-2.sh -h
Usage: domain-check-2.sh [ -e email ] [ -x expir_days ] [ -q ] [ -a ] [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -V ]
[ -s whois_server ] {[ -d domain_name ]} || { -f domainfile}
-a : Send a warning message through email
-d domain : Domain to analyze (interactive mode)
-e email address : Email address to send expiration notices
-f domain file : File with a list of domains
-h : Print this screen
-s whois server : Whois sever to query for information
-q : Don't print anything on the console
-x days : Domain expiration interval (eg. if domain_date < days)
-v : Show debug information when running script
-V : Print version of the script
- Origianl Author: Matty < matty91 at gmail dot com > https://github.com/Matty9191
- Forked by nixCraft https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/domain-check-script.html
- Forked and maintained by Vladislav V. Prodan <github.com/click0>
Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!
Feel free to check issues page.
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