discord_launch.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# A very simple script to Check for a new Discord version (Debian)
# Twitter: @Kerbo_

URL='https://discord.com/api/download/stable?platform=linux&format=deb'
DEB='discord.deb'

echo "Downloading deb"
curl -L -s --output $DEB "$URL"
DLVER=$(dpkg-deb -I $DEB | awk '/Version:/ {print $2}')
VER=$(dpkg -l discord | awk '/^ii  discord/ {print $3}')

if [[ -z "$DLVER" || -z "$VER" ]]; then
    echo "Error determining version"
    exit 1
fi

echo " Installed version: $VER"
echo "Downloaded version: $DLVER"

if [[ "$VER" == "$DLVER" ]]; then
    echo "No action required"
else
    echo "Stopping Discord"
    pkill Discord

    sleep 2

    echo Installing $DEB $DLVER
    sudo dpkg -i $DEB
fi

/bin/rm -f "$DEB"

if [[ $(pgrep Discord | wc -l) -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "Launching Discord"
    discord >/dev/null 2>&1 &
fi