Bash scripting with ChatGPT
Publish date: Oct 2, 2023
Recently I was tasked with writting a Bash script that would querry IP addresses from a file and return their corresponding abuse contact e-mail addresses.
The script that I initially came up with did not perform as expected. I remembered hearing stories about Chat GPT being able to generate decent code, so I decided to finally try it out.
I was very amazed to say the least, my mind was blown. Chat GPT came up with a Bash script in less than a few seconds.
This was the initial output of Chat GPT’s script:
Couple of moments later I had my desired output:
#!/bin/bash
# Input file containing IP addresses (each IP address on a new line)
input_file="ip_addresses.txt"
# Output file to store IP address and abuse contact information
output_file="abuse_contacts.txt"
# Function to query abuse contact information for an IP address using whois
get_abuse_contact() {
local ip_address="$1"
local abuse_contact=$(whois -h whois.abuse.net "$ip_address" | grep "OrgAbuseEmail\|OrgAbusePhone" | awk '{print $2}')
echo "IP Address: $ip_address" >> "$output_file"
echo "Abuse Contact: $abuse_contact" >> "$output_file"
echo "----------------------------------------" >> "$output_file"
}
# Read IP addresses from the input file and query abuse contact information for each IP
while IFS= read -r ip_address; do
get_abuse_contact "$ip_address"
done < "$input_file"
echo "Abuse contacts have been retrieved and saved to $output_file."
#!/bin/bash
green="\033[1;32m"
yellow="\033[1;33m"
reset="\033[m"
# Input file containing IP addresses (each IP address on a new line)
input_file="ip_addresses.txt"
# Output file to store IP address and abuse contact information
output_file="abuse_contacts_raw.txt"
#Refined output file with lines that have empty columns removed
output_file_no_empty_columns="abuse_contacts.txt"
echo ""
bash --version | awk "NR==1"
echo ""
echo -e "${yellow}Working...${reset}"
echo ""
# Function to query abuse contact information for an IP address using whois
get_abuse_contact() {
local ip_address="$1"
local abuse_contact=$(whois "$ip_address" | grep "Abuse contact for" | awk '{print $9}' | sed "s/'//g")
echo "$ip_address $abuse_contact" >> "$output_file"
}
# Read IP addresses from the input file and query abuse contact information for each IP
while IFS= read -r ip_address; do
get_abuse_contact "$ip_address"
done < "$input_file"
awk '$2!=""' $output_file | sort -k2 > $output_file_no_empty_columns #removing lines that contain no contact info due to querrying local addresses and sorting
rm $output_file
echo -e "Abuse contacts have been retrieved and saved to ${green}$output_file_no_empty_columns${reset}:"
echo ""
cat $output_file_no_empty_columns
echo ""
No doubt AI will steal people’s jobs, but at the same time it will change the way people work.
However I think unemployment is least of our worries when it comes to AI. It does have a scary potential.
