diff --git a/sh/aide-check.sh b/sh/aide-check.sh
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+++ b/sh/aide-check.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+aide --check -r file:/var/log/aide-check.log
+COUNT=$(egrep '(Added|Removed|Changed).*[0-9]' /var/log/aide-check.log | awk '{SUM+=$NF}; END {print SUM}')
+if [ $COUNT -gt 0 ]; then
+        # changes detected
+        cat /var/log/aide-check.log | mailx -s "AIDE alert" -r security@your-domain.com -- yourself@your-domain.com
+fi
+
diff --git a/sh/aide-update.sh b/sh/aide-update.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+aide -u
+mv /var/lib/aide/{aide.db.gz,aide.db.previous.gz}
+mv /var/lib/aide/{aide.db.new.gz,aide.db.gz}
+aide -C