This script retrieves the certificate of the site you target:
#!/bin/sh
#
# usage: retrieve-cert.sh remote.host.name [port]
#
REMHOST=$1
REMPORT=${2:-443}
echo |\
openssl s_client -connect ${REMHOST}:${REMPORT} 2>&1 |\
sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p'
This script checks a list of sites for their expire date:
#!/bin/sh
#
for CERT in \
www.yourdomain.com:443 \
ldap.yourdomain.com:636 \
imap.yourdomain.com:993 \
do
echo |\
openssl s_client -connect ${CERT} 2>/dev/null |\
sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' |\
openssl x509 -noout -subject -dates
done