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Upgrade outdated brew casks. One liner, and the ”official” way to do it without using different hacks or scripts. However, it does not really replace some scripts out there, as in-app updates is not seen by Homebrew.
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update-outdated-brew-casks.sh
# Upgrade / Update outdated casks installed.
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Looks for outdated casks and installs the the latest version.
# User data (like application preferences) is intact.
# Updated one liner (thanks Henrik242)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
brew upgrade $(brew outdated --cask --greedy --quiet)
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ghost commented Nov 7, 2018 •
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brute force method...

brew cask reinstall --force `brew cask outdated --greedy`

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isuftin commented Mar 25, 2020 •
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$ brew cask reinstall `brew cask outdated`

Error: This command requires a Cask token.

@henrik242
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The cask command doesn't exist anymore. This works: brew upgrade $(brew outdated --cask --greedy --quiet)

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The cask command doesn't exist anymore. This works: brew upgrade $(brew outdated --cask --greedy --quiet)

Thanks (was a long time i was here)!

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I had to use brew upgrade --cask $(brew outdated --cask --greedy --quiet).

For example, brew upgrade docker and brew upgrade --cask docker have a different meaning.

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