Batch update modules or themes of Drupal 6/7 in command line

To update Drupal modules, you need to download manually all modules and this can quickly become tedious. Especially if you have multiple modules and Drupal installations.

I wrote a simple script that parse the module's page and install or update the most up-to-date version.

This works for themes as well. To use it, simply go into a modules or themes folder and run one of the tool.

Valid folders are:

• /modules
• /themes
• /sites/all/modules
• /sites/all/themes
• /sites/*/modules
• /sites/*/themes

However, not that you should not try to update root folders, they are reserved for core modules and are updated with Drupal.

drupal-install-module.sh will install or update one module, drupal-update-modules.sh will batch update all modules in current folder.

	#!/bin/bash
	# Usage: drupal-install-module.sh module [6|7]
	# Installs module to most up-to-date version. Updates if already present
	# Specifiy Drupal version 6 or 7
	# Works with themes as well
	# You must go to /update.php to complete the process afterwards
	# @link http://blog.lavoie.sl/2012/10/batch-update-drupal-modules.html
	if [ "$(basename $PWD)" != "modules" -a "$(basename $PWD)" != "themes" ]; then
	echo "*** You must reside in the modules or themes directory of Drupal" >&2
	exit 2
	fi
	module="$1"
	if [ -z "$module" ]; then
	echo "*** You must specify module name" >&2
	exit 1
	fi
	drupal_version=7
	if [ -n "$2" ]; then
	if [ "$2" -eq "6" -o "$2" -eq "7"]; then
	drupal_version="$2"
	else
	echo "*** This scripts only support Drupal 6 or 7" >&2
	exit 1
	fi
	fi
	project="http://drupal.org/project/$module"
	archive=$(curl -sS "$project" | grep -oE "http://ftp\.drupal\.org/files/projects/$module(-|_)$drupal_version\..*\.tar\.gz" | head -n 1)
	if [ -z "$archive" ]; then
	echo "*** Unable to find project or project has no download link for Drupal $drupal_version" >&2
	echo "*** Inspected page was $project" >&2
	exit 3
	fi
	version=$(echo $archive | grep -oE "$drupal_version\..*\.tar\.gz")
	version=${version/.tar.gz/}
	if [ -f "$module/$module.info" ]; then
	echo -n "$module is already installed, fetching current version... "
	last_updated=$(curl -sSI $archive | grep '^Last-Modified' | sed 's/Last-Modified: //')
	installed=$(grep "^datestamp" "$module/$module.info" | sed -e 's/^datestamp *= *//' | tr -d '"' | head -n 1)
	if [ $(TZ=GMT php -r "echo (strtotime('$last_updated') - $installed) < 100 ? 1 : 0;") = "1" ]; then
	echo "OK"
	exit
	else
	echo "Outdated"
	fi
	fi
	tar=$(mktemp -t drupal-module-XXXXXX.tar.gz)
	echo -n "Downloading... ";
	wget -q "$archive" -O "$tar"
	echo -n "Extracting... ";
	tar xzf "$tar"
	rm "$tar"
	echo "Done."

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	#!/bin/bash
	# Usage: drupal-update-modules.sh [6|7]
	# Updates all modules or themes in current folder
	# Specifiy Drupal version 6 or 7
	# You must go to /update.php to complete the process afterwards
	# @link http://blog.lavoie.sl/2012/10/batch-update-drupal-modules.html
	options=$@
	directories=$(ls -1d * | tr -d /)
	for directory in $directories; do
	drupal-install-module.sh $directory $options
	error=$?
	[ $error ] && exit $error
	done

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