unholy.sh

if [ "$DESIRED_RELEASE" == "recommended" ]; then
        # this is unholy, but Forge doesn't appear to supply an API, and
        # their Maven repo appears to not be well formed
        DESIRED_RELEASE=`curl -s http://files.minecraftforge.net/ |
                grep -m 1 -A 2 '<td>Recommended' |
                grep -v 'Recommended' |
                cut -d '>' -f 2 |
                cut -d '<' -f 1 |
                tac |
                head -c -1 |
                tr '\n' '-'`
        # so, here's what we just did
        # curl gets the main forge files page, that should be obvious
        # the first grep looks for the 'Recommended' build line
        # the -m 1 makes it give up when it finds it, which cancels curl
        # this prevents us from downloading the whole page
        # the two cuts get rid of the td tags and their closers
        # tac reverses it so that it's like a forge version
        # head removes the trailing newline
        # tr turns the newlines into dashes
        # we now have a valid forge version number
fi