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+#!/bin/bash
+
+URL="ftp://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/"
+
+# Get version number from FTP server
+VERSION=$(curl -s --list-only "$URL" | grep '^x264-snapshot-.*.tar.bz2$' | grep -o -E '[0-9]{1,}-[0-9]{1,}' | sort -V | tail -n1)
+
+# Replace '-' with '.'
+VERSION=${VERSION//-/.}
+
+echo "$VERSION"