dotfiles/.local/bin/package-alert

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#! /usr/bin/sh
WATCHLIST=~/.local/share/package-alert/watchlist
agg_results=""
if [ -f "${WATCHLIST}" ]; then
for pattern in $(cat "${WATCHLIST}"); do
pat_results=$(apt-cache search --names-only "${pattern}")
if [ ! -z "${pat_results}" ]; then
agg_results="${agg_results:+${agg_results}
}Packages matching \"${pattern}\":
${pat_results}
"
fi
done
fi
if [ ! -z "${agg_results}" ]; then
printf '%s' "${agg_results}" | /usr/sbin/sendmail "${USER}"
fi