new: Added get-best-mirrors.sh

README.md

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-![Number of scripts](https://img.shields.io/badge/number_of_scripts-35-blue)
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 # Random Scripts
 This repository is for random scripts I wrote mostly for personal use.
 

get-best-mirrors.sh

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+#!/bin/env bash
+
+# This is a simple script to fetch and update Arch and EndeavourOS mirrors
+# using rate-mirrors.
+
+# Create temporary files to output to
+TMPFILE_ARCH="$(mktemp)"
+TMPFILE_EOS="$(mktemp)"
+
+# Get the current time
+TIME="$(date '+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S')"
+
+# Create backup directory if not present already
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup
+
+# Remove files created by eos-rankmirror, if any
+sudo find /etc/pacman.d/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "endeavouros-mirrorlist\.*" -exec rm -v {} \;
+
+# Rank Arch mirrors
+echo "===================================================================================================="
+echo "Ranking Arch mirrors"
+echo "===================================================================================================="
+
+rate-mirrors --protocol=https --save=$TMPFILE_ARCH arch
+sudo mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/mirrorlist.$TIME
+sudo mv $TMPFILE_ARCH /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+
+# Rank EndeavourOS mirrors
+echo $'\n'"===================================================================================================="
+echo "Ranking EndeavourOS mirrors"
+echo "===================================================================================================="
+
+rate-mirrors --protocol=https --save=$TMPFILE_EOS endeavouros
+sudo mv /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/endeavouros-mirrorlist.$TIME
+sudo mv $TMPFILE_EOS /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist
+
+# Do some cleanup, keep only the last 3 backups
+echo $'\n'"===================================================================================================="
+echo "Cleaning up old backups to keep only the latest 3"
+
+find /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "mirrorlist\.[[:digit:]]*" -printf '%Ts\t%P\n' |
+    sort -rn |
+    tail -n +4 |
+    cut -f2- |
+    sudo xargs -r -I {} rm -v "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/{}"
+find /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "endeavouros-mirrorlist\.[[:digit:]]*" -printf '%Ts\t%P\n' |
+    sort -rn |
+    tail -n +4 |
+    cut -f2- |
+    sudo xargs -r -I {} rm -v "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/{}"
+
+echo "Done!"