Get the latest server.properties from the latest available Paper server

get.sh

#!/bin/sh

CDIR=$(pwd)
rm -rf /tmp/paper
mkdir /tmp/paper
cd /tmp/paper

echo "Determing latest MC version from Paper..."
curl -s "https://papermc.io/api/v1/paper" | grep '"versions"' | awk -F '"' '{ print $8 }' > ./latest-paper
echo "Latest version is $(cat ./latest-paper)!"

echo "Downloading paperclip.jar..."
curl -sLo ./paperclip.jar "https://papermc.io/api/v1/paper/$(cat ./latest-paper)/latest/download"

echo "Agreeing to the EULA..."
echo "eula=true" > ./eula.txt

echo "Starting the server in the background...(if you ctrl+c, you'll need to kill the PID found in /tmp/paper/paperclip-pid...)"
java -jar paperclip.jar -nogui > /dev/null 2>&1 &
echo $! > ./paperclip-pid

echo "Waiting for server to finish starting..."
for i in {30..1}; do
  echo $i
  sleep 1
done

echo"Stopping the server..."
kill -15 $(cat ./paperclip-pid)
for i in {15..1}; do
  echo $i
  sleep 1
done

echo "Going back to original directory..."
cd $CDIR

echo "Copying properties..."
cp /tmp/paper/server.properties ./

echo "Cleaning up..."
rm -rf /tmp/paper

echo "Bye."

output.log

Determing latest MC version from Paper...
Latest version is 1.16.1!
Downloading paperclip.jar...
Agreeing to the EULA...
Starting the server in the background...(if you ctrl+c, you'll need to kill the PID found in /tmp/paper/paperclip-pid...)
Waiting for server to finish starting...
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1
Stopping the server...
15
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2
1
Going back to original directory...
Copying properties...
Cleaning up...
Bye.