debian_comixcursors/bin/current-package-version

#! /bin/bash
#
# bin/current-package-version
# Part of ComixCursors, a desktop cursor theme.
#
# Copyright © 2010–2013 Ben Finney <ben+opendesktop@benfinney.id.au>
#
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#
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# General Public License for more details.
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# Parse the NEWS document and output the current version string.

bindir="$(dirname $0)"

newsfile="$(dirname ${bindir})"/NEWS

current_release_header=$(
    "${bindir}"/news-to-specfile-changelog < "${newsfile}" | head -n 1)

current_version=$(
    printf "${current_release_header}" | sed -e 's/^.\+ - \([^ ]\+\)$/\1/')

printf ${current_version}