Login using Curl saving cookies file

login.sh

#!/bin/bash
#TIMESTAMP=`date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"`
FILTER="<title>"
REPLACEMENT="s/\s*<\/?title>\s*//g"
RESOURCE1=""
RESOURCE2=""

function get_cookie {
  echo "POST $1/$RESOURCE1" 
  curl -d "$2" -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -X POST "$1/$RESOURCE1" -s -c "cookie" 
  curl "$1/$RESOURCE2" -s -b "cookie" | egrep "$FILTER" | sed  -re "$REPLACEMENT"
}

# $1 server-url
# $2 login-credentials
if [ -n "$1" ] && [ -n "$2" ]; then
  get_cookie "$1" "$2"
fi