Script to install latest hugo release on macos and ubuntu

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Here’s my improved version. Checks if update is needed first. Avoids having to remember to preface with sudo. Checking local architecture and downloading the correct tarball is next improvement.

#!/bin/bash

CUR_VERSION="$(hugo version | cut -d'v' -f2 | cut -c 3-5)"
NEW_VERSION="$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d'.' -f2 | cut -d'"' -f1)"
echo "Current Version: $CUR_VERSION => New Version: $NEW_VERSION"

if [ "$NEW_VERSION" -ne "$CUR_VERSION" ]; then

  echo "Installing version $NEW_VERSION"

  pushd /tmp/

  curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest \
  | grep "browser_download_url.*hugo_[^extended].*_Linux-64bit\.tar\.gz" \
  | cut -d ":" -f 2,3 \
  | tr -d \" \
  | wget -qi -

  tarball="$(find . -name "*Linux-64bit.tar.gz" 2>/dev/null)"
  tar -xzf $tarball

  chmod +x hugo

  sudo mv hugo /usr/local/bin/

  popd

  location="$(which hugo)"
  echo "Hugo binary location: $location"

  version="$(hugo version)"
  echo "New Hugo binary version installed!: $version"

else
  echo Latest version already installed
fi
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