Working with discord on linux shell

discord_commands.sh

# installing discord from shell
cd ~/Downloads
wget -O discord.deb 'https://discord.com/api/download?platform=linux&format=deb'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ./discord.deb

# check if discord is running
pgrep -af discord

# killing discord and restarting it
killall Discord #may want to repeat a few times

# removing discord config that sometimes fixes things???
rm -rf ~/.config/discord

#python disable update check, creates files and folders if they don't exist
python3 <<EOF                                                                   
import json                                                                     
from pathlib import Path                                                        
s = Path('~/.config/discord/settings.json').expanduser().resolve()              
s.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)                                     
s.touch()                                                                       
with s.open('r+') as fd:                                                        
 try:                                                                           
  x = json.load(fd)                                                             
 except (json.JSONDecodeError,):                                                
  x = {}                                                                        
 x.update({'SKIP_HOST_UPDATE':True})                                            
 json.dump(x, fd)                                                               
 print(x)                                                                       
EOF