- Use
curl
to get the JSON response for the latest release - Use
grep
to find the line containing file URL - Use
cut
andtr
to extract the URL - Use
wget
to download it
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/releases/latest \
| grep "browser_download_url.*deb" \
| cut -d : -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \
| wget -qi -
No dependencies are needed, plain simple Bash and curl
If the version format is different from "v0.0.1" then change the
cut -d'v' -f2
sectionIt's not a oneliner, but it's how I use it in a Dockerfile, I hope it helps