From 593de8279f9bd14c5f9b24d2897128d42f7793da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gardouille <gardouille@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:03:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add apt-fast script.

---
 README.md |  7 +++++++
 apt-fast  | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 apt-fast

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ecec726..5374468 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 Some useful scripts (for me) that can be added to $PATH :)
 
 ## List:
+* apt-fast: Script for faster package downloading with 'axel'.
 * bash_quote: Get a random quote from http://danstonchat.com
 * firewall: A script shell to set some iptables rules.
 * update-dynmotd.d/: scripts to update the motd (via the /etc/update-motd.d directory).
@@ -19,6 +20,12 @@ Some useful scripts (for me) that can be added to $PATH :)
 * zenity_generator: Script to generate zenity window.
 * zfSnap.sh: Take snapshot of a ZFS pool.
 
+### Apt-fast
+Speed-up APT packages downloading with 'axel' (light command line download accelerator). Juste use it like aptitude/apt/apt-get.
+```sh
+sudo apt-fast full-upgrade
+```
+
 ### Num_circle
 Tiny Bash script that take a number between 0 and 20 as argument and transform it into a digit with into a circle.
 ```sh
diff --git a/apt-fast b/apt-fast
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..de94ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apt-fast
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#apt-fast by Matt Parnell http://www.mattparnell.com , this thing is FOSS
+#please feel free to suggest improvments to admin@mattparnell.com
+# Use this just like apt-get for faster package downloading. Make sure to have axel installed
+
+#If the first user entered variable string contains apt-get, and the second string entered is either install or dist-upgrade
+if echo "$1" | grep -q "[upgrade]" || echo “$2″ | grep -q "[install]" || echo "$2" | grep -q "[full-upgrade]"; then
+  echo “Working…”;
+
+  #Go into the directory apt-get normally puts downloaded packages
+  cd /var/cache/apt/archives/;
+
+  #Have apt-get print the information, including the URI’s to the packages
+  apt-get -y --print-uris $1 $2 $3 $4 > debs.list;
+
+  #Strip out the URI’s, and download the packages with Axel for speediness
+  egrep -o -e "(ht|f)tp://[^\']+" debs.list | xargs -l1 axel -a;
+
+  #Perform the user’s reqested action via aptitude
+  aptitude -y $1 $2 $3 $4;
+
+  echo "Done! Make sure and check to see that the packages all were installed properly. If a package is erred, run sudo apt-get autoclean and try installing it again without the use of this <script>.";
+
+elif echo "$1" | grep -q "[*]"; then
+  aptitude $1;
+else
+  echo "Sorry, but you appear to be entering invalid options. You must use apt-get and one of apt-get’s options in order to use this <script>.";
+fi