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  1. TemaSM revised this gist Jul 5, 2017. 1 changed file with 4 additions and 1 deletion.
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    curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/<author>/<repo>/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | xargs curl > release.zip

    # Method №2:
    curl "$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/<author>/<repo>/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4)" -o release.zip
    curl "$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/<author>/<repo>/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4)" -o release.zip

    # http://www.starkandwayne.com/blog/how-to-download-the-latest-release-from-github/
    # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/323604/pipe-the-result-of-a-cut-command-to-curl
  2. TemaSM created this gist Jul 5, 2017.
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    # Method №1:
    curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/<author>/<repo>/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | xargs curl > release.zip

    # Method №2:
    curl "$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/<author>/<repo>/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4)" -o release.zip