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mpontillo / mc-get-latest
Last active March 4, 2020 17:45
bash script to grab the latest Minecraft server jars
#!/bin/bash -e
mkdir -p ~/var/lib/mc
MC_VERSIONS_CACHE="$HOME/var/lib/mc/version_manifest.json"
RELEASE_JSON="$HOME/var/lib/mc/_release.json"
SNAPSHOT_JSON="$HOME/var/lib/mc/_snapshot.json"
curl -sS https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json > $MC_VERSIONS_CACHE
# cat $MC_VERSIONS_CACHE | jq
LATEST_SNAPSHOT=$(cat $MC_VERSIONS_CACHE | jq -r '{latest: .latest.snapshot} | .[]')