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Find old WordPress installs
#!/bin/bash
# Finds WP installs and displays version numbers in current directory, or directory specified by -d <path>
# Very rough - needs tidy up and improvement
# Would be cool if it could look up latest version and compare any installs found to show only old installs
function usage
{
echo "usage: locate_old_wp_versions.sh [-d | --dir] [-h | --help]"
}
# Set default dir
if [ "$DIR" == "" ]; then
DIR=./
fi
# Get parameters
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
case $1 in
-d | --dir ) shift
DIR=$1
;;
-h | --help ) usage
exit
;;
* ) usage
exit 1
esac
shift
done
echo "Finding WP installs in ${DIR}"
# Needs tidy up on displaying the output
for FILE in $(find ${DIR} -path "*wp-includes/version.php"); do
BASENAME="${FILE%.[^.]*}"
DIRNAME="${BASENAME%/[^/]*}"
FILENAME="${BASENAME:${#DIRNAME} + 1}"
EXT="${FILE##*\.}"
# FIX: pull only the version number
VERSION=`grep "wp_version\ =" ${FILE}`
#FIX: Compare with current WP version and only display out of date installs
#FIX: Improve output display
echo "${DIRNAME} - ${VERSION}"
done
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