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Thoughts on my update script? Any suggestions for improvement? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 month ago by superkret@feddit.org to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo -e '\nReading the news...\n'
        yay -Pw
echo -e '\nUpdating...\n'
        sudo pacman -Syu
echo -e '\nLooking for orphaned packages...\n'
        yay -Qtd
echo -e '\nLooking for obsolete packages...\n'
        url='https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc?v=5&'
        pacman -Qmq | sort >| /tmp/pkgs
        curl -s "${url}type=info$(printf '&arg[]=%s' $(cat /tmp/pkgs))" \
                | jq -r '.results[]|.Name' | sort | comm -13 - /tmp/pkgs
echo -e '\nLooking for changed config files...\n'
        sudo find /etc -name *.pac*
echo -e '\nDone.\n'

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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

pacman-contrib has pacdiff and paccache I like to run at the end of my update scripts