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MAYBL8

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Registered: 2022-01-14

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[SOLVED] Writing the results of curl command to mirrorlist

I would like the result of the following command to be written to /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
I have tried several ways but I either get permission denied or it doesn't write the file

[demo@mail ~]$ curl -s "https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=US&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" | sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' | rankmirrors -n 5 -

Server = https://volico.mm.fcix.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.dal10.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.mia11.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://us.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://arlm.tyzoid.com/$repo/os/$arch

Among other ways I have tried this:

[demo@mail ~]$ sudo curl -s "https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=US&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" | sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' | rankmirrors -n 5 >> /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

I know this is simple and I should know how to do this but I can't figure it out.  Just need a little help.

This got the file to write but didn't have the above as shown.

demo@mail ~]$ sudo curl -s "https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=US&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" -o /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' | rankmirrors -n 5 -

Last edited by MAYBL8 (2024-04-14 14:53:02)

Fixxer

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From: Poland

Registered: 2011-08-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Writing the results of curl command to mirrorlist

You can invoke shell with "-c" option to pass command - look at the "man sudo", EXAMPLES section:

To make a usage listing of the directories in the /home partition.  The commands are run in a sub-shell to  allow  the
       ‘cd’ command and file redirection to work.

           $ sudo sh -c "cd /home ; du -s * | sort -rn > USAGE"

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,807

Re: [SOLVED] Writing the results of curl command to mirrorlist

Add a final pipe with "sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" to the end would work as well

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] Writing the results of curl command to mirrorlist

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MAYBL8

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Registered: 2022-01-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Writing the results of curl command to mirrorlist

Thanks for the help guys.
Sometimes I amaze myself
This worked for me:

sudo sh -c 'curl -s "https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=US&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" | sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' | rankmirrors -n 5 - > /etc/pacman.d/test'

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Writing the results of curl command to mirrorlist

Add a final pipe with "sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist" to the end would work as well

Rule of thumb, the less stuff you have behind sudo, the less harm you're gonna prompt

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