Updating golang to latest version

go-update

#!/bin/bash

# Binaries for golang will be placed in /usr/local/go
# And /usr/local/go/bin must be in PATH
# Put 'export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin"' in shell config

# Go version before update
go version
# Parse url to latest archive for linux
fileurl=$(curl -sL https://go.dev/dl/ | egrep 'downloadBox.*linux-amd64' | head -1 | sed -e 's#^.*\(/dl/.*\.tar\.gz\).*#https://golang.org\1#')
# Download archive
wget ${fileurl} -O golang-latest.tar.gz
# Update golang binaries
sudo rm -fr /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf golang-latest.tar.gz
# Remove archive
rm -f golang-latest.tar.gz
# Go version after update
go version