BASH: get latest tag from a project

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
json=`curl -s -X GET https://api.github.com/repos/YOURLS/YOURLS/tags`
prop='name'
temp=`echo $json | sed 's/\\\\\//\//g' | sed 's/[{}]//g' | awk -v k="text" '{n=split($0,a,","); for (i=1; i<=n; i++) print a[i]}' | sed 's/\"\:\"/\|/g' | sed 's/[\,]/ /g' | sed 's/\"//g' | grep -w $prop`
echo $temp | cut -d\  -f3

gistfile2.md

From: https://gist.github.com/cjus/1047794

Replace YOURLS/YOURLS with your own [org/user]/repo