Update Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu/Debian

update_vsc.sh

#!/bin/bash

clear

mkdir -p /tmp/vsc-updates
rm -f /tmp/vsc-updates/*.deb

local IFS=$'\n'
local CURRENT_VERSION=($(code -v))

echo "Updating Visual Studio Code"
echo "Current: $CURRENT_VERSION"
echo "Downloading latest..."

wget -q --user-agent Mozilla --content-disposition -E -c https://update.code.visualstudio.com/latest/linux-deb-x64/stable && mv *.deb /tmp/vsc-updates/

local DEB=$(find /tmp/vsc-updates -maxdepth 1 -type f)
local REGEX="code_([0-9.]+)"

if [[ $DEB =~ $REGEX ]]
then
    local NEW_VERSION=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
else
    local NEW_VERSION=$CURRENT_VERSION
fi

echo "Latest: $NEW_VERSION"

if test "$CURRENT_VERSION" == "$NEW_VERSION"; then
    echo "You're running the latest ($NEW_VERSION), no need to upgrade" && \
    rm -f /tmp/vsc-updates/*.deb
else
    # install update and restart the app
    sudo apt install /tmp/vsc-updates/*.deb && \
    killall -9 code && \
    code && \
    echo "Update complete"
fi