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+#!/bin/bash
+
+URL="https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/man-db/"
+
+# Get version number from tag name
+VERSION=$(curl --silent "$URL" | grep -o -E 'man-db-[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}.tar.xz' | grep -o -E '[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}' | sort -V | tail -n1)
+
+echo "$VERSION"