#!/bin/bash URL="https://www.samba.org/ftp/linux-cifs/cifs-utils" # Get version number from FTP server VERSION=$(curl -s -L "$URL" | grep -o -E 'cifs-utils-[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}(\.[0-9]{1,})?.tar.bz2' | cut -d '-' -f3 | sort -V | tail -n1) # Remove '.tar.gz' suffix from VERSION variable VERSION=${VERSION//.tar.bz2/} echo "$VERSION"