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+#!/bin/bash
+#script to update packages installed from aur
+#uses cower -ud and makepkg -i
+#written because meat stopped working
+
+#path variables
+AURBUILD=/tmp/makepkg
+
+#create necessary dirs if not exist
+mkdir -p ${AURBUILD}
+
+#cower --update --download --target=${AURBUILD}
+cower -d -t ${AURBUILD} cower
+
+cd ${AURBUILD}
+for dir in ${AURBUILD}/* 
+do
+  cd ${dir}
+  echo "building ${dir}"
+  echo "makepkg --install"
+  cd ${AURBUILD}
+  rm -r ${dir}
+done