urlxpand.sh

#!/bin/bash

URL=0
SELECTION=0

GREEN='\033[0;32m'
RED='\033[0;31m'
RESET='\033[0m'

echo -ne "${RED}
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						Author: Abhijeet Kumar
					Github: https://github.com/wand3rlust
		     Inspired by Unshorten script of Rob VandenBrink(Twitter:@rvandenbrink)${RESET}
${GREEN}
Select any one of these:
Enter 1 to: Expand short to full URL
Enter 2 to: Expand short to full URL verbosely\n"${RESET}

read SELECTION

read -p "Enter the short URL with protocol (http:// or https://): " URL

if (( $SELECTION == 1 ))
then

eval curl -k -v -I $URL 2>&1 | grep -i "< location" | cut -d " " -f 3

elif (( $SELECTION == 2 ))
then

eval curl -k -v -I $URL

else
	echo "Invalid selection, please choose either 1 or 2."

fi