patching-ubuntu.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#This script is to patch an ubuntu-based system. Make sure zenity it's installed.
#you can add an alias to this script to call it for whatever name you want.

echo ""
echo ""
echo 'Sit and chilax, patching computer...' 
echo "Updating database..."
sudo apt -qq update

echo ""
echo ""
echo "Upgrading computer and removing older un-needed software"
sudo apt -qq -y upgrade && sudo apt -qq -y autoremove

echo ""
echo "Patching is done!" 
echo "Removing unnecessary packages"
sudo apt -y autoremove
echo ""
echo "Done. Checking if reboot is required..."
echo ""

if [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ]; then
        zenity --question --text="Reboot is required, want to reboot now?" &> /dev/null
        if [ $? = 0 ]; then
                sudo reboot
        else
                echo "Remember to reboot later then!" 
        fi
else
        echo "Patching is done, no need to reboot"
fi