install_terraform.sh

#! /usr/bin/env bash

# download latest version of terraform:
TER_VER=`curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d \"\,\v | awk '{$1=$1};1'`
wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TER_VER}/terraform_${TER_VER}_linux_amd64.zip

# unzip downloaded terraform:
unzip terraform_${TER_VER}_linux_amd64.zip

# delete zip file
rm unzip terraform_${TER_VER}_linux_amd64.zip

# move terraform to my path:
sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/

# check that its in the path
which terraform

# check what version was installed
terraform -v