#!/bin/sh update_fb() { count=$(wget -O - "http://api.facebook.com/restserver.php?method=links.getStats&urls=https://www.facebook.com/TaipeiHackerspace" 2>/dev/null | grep -oP "(?<=\<total\_count\>).*?(?=\<\/total\_count\>)") echo "updating $count" echo "$count." >&2 } while [ 1 ] ; do update_fb sleep 1 done ---- Save as fb.sh, then run as follows: $ ./fb.sh 2> /dev/ttyACM0