Edit Discord's version file to bypass auto updater.

incrementDiscord.sh

#!/bin/bash

#set -x

if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
  then echo "This script requires root."
  exit
fi

# Clear
clear

# Information
echo "Discord version file will now be found. Please use an appropriate editor to increment version number."

# Get true discord path
path="$(readlink -f $(which discord))"

# Cut path to parent folder
path2=${path: :-7}

# Append destination
path3="${path2}resources/build_info.json"

# Results
echo "Target directory: $path3"
# printf "\n\n\n"

# Show results
echo "Results:"
cat $path3

# Ask for replacement
echo ""
echo "New value: "
read value


# Edit file
output=$(jq '.version = "'"$value"'"' $path3)
echo $output

# Look ok
echo "Continue? (Press enter)"
read enter

# Write to file
echo $output > $path3


echo "Final Results:"
cat $path3