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Created May 24, 2016 19:14
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Download the most recent minecraft version (snapshot)
#!/bin/bash
# Download version file
wget -qN https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json
# Beautify the file
python -m json.tool version_manifest.json > versions.json
# Get the latest snapshot release
MCVER=`sed -n -e '/\"latest\"/,/}/ s/.*\"snapshot\": \"\([^\"]*\)\".*/\1/p' < versions.json`
# Download the latest snapshot release
wget -N https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/$MCVER/minecraft_server.$MCVER.jar
# Delete temp files
rm versions.json
rm version_manifest.json
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This actually helped me because I need the links to make my customized launchers

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