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    appupdates-notify

Get reminders of available updates for software on your Mac from the Mac App Store.
Install the pre-requisites:
brew install mas terminal-notifier

Copy to your computer:
curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/norm/ec158737655d5b0605054260522e2f72/raw/appupdates-notify.sh > /usr/local/bin/appupdates-notify
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/appupdates-notify

Run daily in cron:
00 09 * * * /usr/local/bin/appupdates-notify


## appupdates-notify.sh
#!/bin/sh

OUTDATED=$( mktemp '/tmp/appupdates.XXXXX' )

mas outdated > $OUTDATED
lines=$( wc -l $OUTDATED | awk '{ print $1 }' )

if [ $lines -gt 0 ]; then
    cat $OUTDATED \
        | terminal-notifier \
            -title 'App Store' -subtitle 'Available updates' \
            -sender com.apple.appstore -activate com.apple.appstore
fi

rm -f $OUTDATED
	#!/bin/sh

	OUTDATED=$( mktemp '/tmp/appupdates.XXXXX' )

	mas outdated > $OUTDATED
	lines=$( wc -l $OUTDATED \| awk '{ print $1 }' )

	if [ $lines -gt 0 ]; then
	cat $OUTDATED \
	\| terminal-notifier \
	-title 'App Store' -subtitle 'Available updates' \
	-sender com.apple.appstore -activate com.apple.appstore
	fi

	rm -f $OUTDATED