#!/bin/bash
 
#  This script is used to retrieve the stock value from finance.google.com
#  Author  : Kamaraj Subramanian
#  Website : www.thelinuxtips.com
 
echo -n "Enter the Stock Symbol : "
read stocksymbol
 
googleURL="http://finance.google.com/finance/info?client=ig\&q=NASDAQ%3a"
 
#Retrieve the stock value
wget $googleURL$stocksymbol -O /tmp/o.txt 2>/dev/null
stockvalue=$(awk '/,\"l\"/{print $NF}' /tmp/o.txt)
 
echo "Stock value of $stocksymbol is : $stockvalue"
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Output</strong></span>

#GOOGLE
 
$ ./stockvalue.sh
Enter the Stock Symbol : GOOG
Stock value of GOOG is : "724.07"
 
#YAHOO
 
$ ./stockvalue.sh
Enter the Stock Symbol : YHOO
Stock value of YHOO is : "15.89"
 
#MICROSOFT
 
$ ./stockvalue.sh
Enter the Stock Symbol : MSFT
Stock value of MSFT is : "31.14"
 
#APPLE
 
$ ./stockvalue.sh
Enter the Stock Symbol : AAPL
Stock value of AAPL is : "701.23"
 
#FACEBOOK
 
$ ./stockvalue.sh
Enter the Stock Symbol : FB
Stock value of FB is : "22.86"