## This function determines which http get tool the system has installed and returns an error if there isnt one
getConfiguredClient()
{
if command -v curl &>/dev/null ; then
configuredClient="curl"
elif command -v wget &>/dev/null ; then
configuredClient="wget"
elif command -v fetch &>/dev/null ; then
configuredClient="fetch"
else
echo "Error: This tool reqires either curl, wget, or fetch to be installed."
return 1
fi
}
## Allows to call the users configured client without if statements everywhere
httpGet()
{
case "$configuredClient" in
curl) curl -A curl -s "$@";;
wget) wget -qO- "$@";;
fetch) fetch -o "...";;
esac
}
checkInternet()
{
echo -e "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1 # query google with a get request
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then #check if the output is 0, if so no errors have occured and we have connected to google successfully
return 0
else
echo "Error: no active internet connection" >&2 #sent to stderr
return 1
fi
}
update()
{
# Author: Alexander Epstein https://github.com/alexanderepstein
# Update utility version 1.2.0
# To test the tool enter in the defualt values that are in the examples for each variable
repositoryName="Bash-Snippets" #Name of repostiory to be updated ex. Sandman-Lite
githubUserName="alexanderepstein" #username that hosts the repostiory ex. alexanderepstein
nameOfInstallFile="install.sh" # change this if the installer file has a different name be sure to include file extension if there is one
latestVersion=$(httpGet https://api.github.com/repos/$githubUserName/$repositoryName/tags | grep -Eo '"name":.*?[^\\]",'| head -1 | grep -Eo "[0-9.]+" ) #always grabs the tag without the v option