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One Liner to Download the Latest Release from Github Repo.md
  • Use curl to get the JSON response for the latest release
  • Use grep to find the line containing file URL
  • Use cut and tr to extract the URL
  • Use wget to download it
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/releases/latest \
| grep "browser_download_url.*deb" \
| cut -d : -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \
| wget -qi -
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danielraffel commented Feb 13, 2026 •
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Add a download button that auto-detects your visitor's OS and links to the latest binary from your GitHub releases. One script tag, no dependencies. Easy to configure: https://www.generouscorp.com/download-latest/

Source: https://github.com/danielraffel/download-latest

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