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+#!/bin/bash
+
+URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xorriso/"
+
+# Get version number from FTP server
+VERSION=$(curl -s --list-only "$URL" | grep -E '^xorriso-[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}(\.pl[0-9]{1,})?.tar.gz$' | cut -d '-' -f2 | tr -d 'pl' | sort -V | tail -n1)
+
+# Remove '.tar.gz' suffix from VERSION variable
+VERSION=${VERSION//.tar.gz/}
+
+# Readd 'pl'
+if [ $(echo "$VERSION" | tr -dc '.' | wc -c) -eq 3 ]; then
+  VERSION=${VERSION%.*}.pl${VERSION##*.}
+fi
+
+echo "$VERSION"