Jason King initiateit
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/ ubuntu_update_checker.sh
Created
November 13, 2022 00:50
A simple Bash script to check for Ubuntu updates and email them to you. I like to use this in combination with Ubuntu's Unattended Upgrades so that security updates are installed automatically and I schedule this script with a cron job every 6 hours. This gives me a chance to at least read up on application updates to see if something is going t…
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Add your email addresses here | |
| from_addr="{from_email}" | |
| to_addr="{to_address" | |
| hostname=$(hostname -f) | |
| UP="All packages are up to date." | |
| PKG_CNT=$(sudo apt update 2>/dev/null | grep packages | sed -n '$p' | cut -d '.' -f 1 | xargs -I "%" echo %.) |