Update download URL to always use "latest" release
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Description
Minor adjustment to README.md; removes the need to update the URL whenever a new release is made.
Currently the instructions read:
```sh
curl -L https://github.com/a8m/envsubst/releases/download/v1.2.0/envsubst-`uname -s`-`uname -m` -o envsubst
chmod +x envsubst
sudo mv envsubst /usr/local/bin
```
which hard-codes the release version number in the URL - currently the "latest" release is 1.4.2, not 1.2.0.
Github has a "latest release" URL feature, so the URL can be rewritten as:
```sh
curl -sL https://github.com/a8m/envsubst/releases/latest/download/envsubst-`uname -s`-`uname -m` -o envsubst
chmod +x envsubst
sudo mv envsubst /usr/local/bin
```
(BTW the curl `-sL` rather than just `-L` will also disable the progress bar; download is so quick progress bar isn't useful/needed.)
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The change is in README.md; locate the curl command lines shown in the issue. Replace the version-specific URL with the 'latest' release URL as described, and also update the curl flags to include -s. Verify by checking the README formatting and ensuring the new command works by testing it in a shell.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 90/100