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Created July 19, 2013 19:06
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Bash script that uses the Yahoo Finance API to get stock quotes.
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quote.sh
#!/bin/bash
# http://www.jarloo.com/yahoo_finance/
if [ "$1" == "all" ]
then
echo $(date +'%Y%m%d %H:%M') $(curl -s 'http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=aapl&f=l1,c');
echo $(date +'%Y%m%d %H:%M') $(curl -s 'http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=msft&f=l1,c');
echo $(date +'%Y%m%d %H:%M') $(curl -s 'http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=yhoo&f=l1,c');
else
echo $(date +'%Y%m%d %H:%M') $(curl -s 'http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s='+$1+'&f=l1,c');
fi
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I do realize that with this script I will never be able to get an Allstate quote...

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