Track flight information from the command line

flight_status() { curl --silent --stderr - "https://mobile.flightview.com/TrackByRoute.aspx?view=detail&al=$1&fn=$2&dpdat=$(date +%Y%m%d)" | html2text | grep -A19 "Status" ; } ; flight_status $1 $2
See the flight information from the CLI Use as a SH file or function, like: `./flight.sh os 336`
Sample Output 
Status: Delayed
Departure:  |  Oslo, NO (OSL)  
Scheduled:  |  2:20 PM, Jul 26  
Estimated: | 2:55 PM, Jul 26  
Term-Gate: | D11  
Weather: |  [![](images/weather/small/03.png) 66°F /
19°C![](images/circriteblu_20x20.png)](AirportWeather.aspx?apt=OSL&city=Oslo%2c+NO&stat=Delayed)  
Arrival:  |  Vienna, AT (VIE)  
Scheduled:  |  4:40 PM, Jul 26  
Estimated: | 4:40 PM, Jul 26  
Term-Gate: | Terminal 3  
Weather: |  [![](images/weather/small/02.png) 77°F /
25°C![](images/circriteblu_20x20.png)](AirportWeather.aspx?apt=VIE&city=Vienna%2c+AT&stat=Delayed&isarr=1)

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By: sxiii
2022-07-26 12:09:17
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  • track flights from the command line

    Usage: flight_status airline_code flight_number (optional)_offset_of_departure_date_from_today So for instance, to track a flight which departed yesterday, the optional 3rd parameter should have a value of -1. eg. flight_status ua 3655 -1 output --------- Status: Arrived Departure: San Francisco, CA (SFO) Scheduled: 6:30 AM, Jan 3 Takeoff: 7:18 AM, Jan 3 Term-Gate: Term 1 - 32A Arrival: Newark, NJ (EWR) Scheduled: 2:55 PM, Jan 3 At Gate: 3:42 PM, Jan 3 Term-Gate: Term C - C131 Note: html2text needs to be installed for this command. only tested on ubuntu 9.10 Show Sample Output


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    flight_status() { if [[ $# -eq 3 ]];then offset=$3; else offset=0; fi; curl "http://mobile.flightview.com/TrackByRoute.aspx?view=detail&al="$1"&fn="$2"&dpdat=$(date +%Y%m%d -d ${offset}day)" 2>/dev/null |html2text |grep ":"; }
    suhasgupta · 2010-01-04 15:49:09 6

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