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Created June 18, 2024 20:36
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Bash script that updates Golang to latest version
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go_update.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
version=$(go version | awk '{print $3}')
release=$(wget -qO- "https://golang.org/VERSION?m=text" | head -n 1)
if [[ $version == "$release" ]]; then
echo "The local Go version ${release} is up-to-date."
exit 0
else
echo "The local Go version is ${version}. A new release ${release} is available."
fi
release_file="${release}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
tmp=$(mktemp -d)
cd $tmp || exit 1
echo "Downloading https://go.dev/dl/$release_file ..."
curl -OL https://go.dev/dl/$release_file
install_dir="/usr/local"
rm -rf "$install_dir" 2>/dev/null
sudo tar -C "$install_dir" -xzf $release_file
rm -rf $tmp
version=$(go version | awk '{print $3}')
echo "Now, local Go version is $version"
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