# Make executable
chmod +x update-cpd-cli.sh

# Run update script
./update-cpd-cli.sh

# Output:
[INFO] Fetching latest release from GitHub API...
[INFO] Downloading cpd-cli-linux-EE-14.3.2.tgz...
[INFO] Installing cpd-cli 14.3.2...
[SUCCESS] Successfully installed cpd-cli 14.3.2
[UPDATE] Update completed successfully!

Configuration

You can override defaults via environment variables:

# Override installation path
export CPD_CLI_PATH=/custom/installdir

# Override GitHub base URL
export CPD_SOURCE=https://github.com/corp-softy/cpd-cli/releases

# Run with custom paths
./update-cpd-cli.sh

What Happens

Detects latest version from GitHub Releases API
Downloads the new release tarball (with retries)
Backs up current installation as *.OLD
Extracts new version to temp directory
Removes old symlinks
Installs new version and creates symlinks
Cleans up old tarballs
Verifies installation

Rollback

If you need to rollback:

# Reinstall version from OLD directory
mv /path/to/cpd-cli-linux-EE.X.X.X-OLD /path/to/new/name
# Or:
sudo ln -s /path/to/cpd-cli-linux-EE.X.X.X-OLD/* /usr/local/bin/

Development

# Make changes
vim update-cpd-cli.sh

# Test locally
./update-cpd-cli.sh

# Commit changes
git add .
git commit -m "update-cpd-cli.sh: some improvement"

# Push to remote
./scripts/push_to_gitea.sh

License

Part of IBM Watson CPD tooling. See GitHub repo for full licensing.

Contributing

Feel free to submit PRs for improvements! The script is production-quality but always room for improvement.

Maintained by Michael Schapira • IBM