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📣 techster01

What is a good free shell-based tool to watch for webpage changes?


Hi

I am looking for a tool that: + is free (free as defined in https://www.fsf.org/) + preferably shell-based + can run as a background process or as a cron job + watch for changes on a webpage + send a notification on OSX or Linux when a change occurs (not an email)

If you could also add pointers on how you use the tool or how you have configured it, that'd be greatly helpful too.

Thank You!


  👤 wuyishan Accepted Answer ✓
http://bhfsteve.blogspot.com/2013/03/monitoring-web-page-for... In the comments is an alternative to email (pushbullet) but I am sure you can adapt it to your own messaging system.