If your sites are in multiple geographical locations, this script will show where a site currently is being served from. It colors the output based on location.
#!/bin/bash
# where_are_you.sh
#do a dig against the company name servers and spit out the current IP of the sites.
array=( www.site.com www.site2.com www.site3.com www.site99.com )
for i in “${array[@]}”
do
dig @ns.server.company $i a | grep -v ‘;’ |grep $i | awk ‘{ if ( substr($5, 1, 8) == “x.x.x” ) printf “%-30s %s\n”, “\033[1;32;40m”$5,$1; else printf “%-30s %s\n”, “\033[1;34;40m”$5,$1 }’
done | sort -n
tput sgr0