script checks and installs latest version of terraforom

terraform_auto_update.sh

#!/bin/bash -xe

CURRENT_VER=$(terraform --version | head -n1 | cut -d " " -f2 | cut -c 2-)
LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/releases/latest | jq --raw-output '.tag_name' | cut -c 2-)
if [[ $CURRENT_VER < $LATEST_RELEASE ]]; 
    then
        echo "Installing Terraform ${LATEST_RELEASE}..."
        rm terraform-*
        rm terraform
        wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${LATEST_RELEASE}/terraform_${LATEST_RELEASE}_linux_amd64.zip
        unzip terraform_${LATEST_RELEASE}_linux_amd64.zip
        rm terraform_${LATEST_RELEASE}_linux_amd64.zip
        mv terraform /usr/local/bin/
        echo "Terraforom was updated to the ${LATEST_RELEASE} version"
    else
        echo "Current version of terraform" $CURRENT_VER "is up to date"
fi

#https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli
#https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-terraform-on-ubuntu-centos-7/