Get the latest release download from GitHub

latest-release.sh

repo=sharkdb/fd
file=0 # use the first file

# with jq (recommended if available)
wget https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/releases/latest -qO- | jq -r ".assets[${file}].browser_download_url"
# - or -
curl https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/releases/latest -so- | jq -r ".assets[${file}].browser_download_url"

file=$(($file + 1)) # WARNING: sed uses 1-based indices!

# with grep/sed (might fail in the future for one reason or another, but works on almost every system out-of-the-box)
wget https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/releases/latest -qO- | grep -oP '^\s*"browser_download_url":\s*"\K.*(?=",?$)' | sed "${file}q;d"
# - or -
curl https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/releases/latest -so- | grep -oP '^\s*"browser_download_url":\s*"\K.*(?=",?$)' | sed "${file}q;d"

# Example for downloading the latest release:
wget `wget https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/releases/latest -qO- | grep -oP '^\s*"browser_download_url":\s*"\K.*(?=",?$)' | sed "${file}q;d"`