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+#!/bin/bash
+
+URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/"
+
+# Get version number from FTP server
+VERSION=$(curl -s --list-only "$URL" | grep -E '^help2man-[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}(\.[0-9]{1,})?.tar.xz$' | cut -d '-' -f2 | sort -V | tail -n1)
+
+# Remove '.tar.gz' suffix from VERSION variable
+VERSION=${VERSION//.tar.xz/}
+
+echo "$VERSION"