WordPress Update Bash Script

Dan — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:45:22 +0000

I wrote this script some time ago. It's been working flawlessly for me, so I thought I'd share it here. It could use some progress messages, I suppose.

#!/bin/bash DIR= # Put the file system path to your WordPress installation here. E.g., /var/www/html/blog TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp WPDIR=$TMPDIR/wordpress cd $TMPDIR rm -rf latest.zip ./wordpress # Clean up from the last run wget -nd http://wordpress.org/latest.zip unzip latest.zip mv $DIR/wp-config.php $DIR/.config # Stash your configuration someplace safe rm $DIR/*.{txt,html,php} # Delete the old install rm -rf $DIR/{wp-admin,wp-includes} # Delete more. Don't delete plugins or themes. cp -aR $WPDIR/* $DIR/ mv $DIR/.config $DIR/wp-config.php # Restore the configuration # You may not need the last two lines. I like to give my web server the ability to write files. chown -R .www-data $DIR/*.php $DIR/wp-admin $DIR/wp-includes chmod -R g+w $DIR/*.php $DIR/wp-includes

Bash script: ted

Dan — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:05:25 +0000

I just wrote a little bash script, "ted" (for Tracking EDitor), which I am loving. You call ted like you would call your usual text editor, and ted backs up the file you're editing, appending the originial timestamp as a suffix. Then, when you're done editing the file, ted runs diff to keep a running log of changes you've made to the file. If you've made no changes, ted removes the backup file and exits without running diff.

Introducing: ted.

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WordPress Update Bash Script

Bash script: ted