NVM Node Upgrade Script (for Bash and Zsh)

nvm-node-upgrade.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Update Node to selected version
# and reinstall previous packages
# when using NVM
#
# usage: node-upgrade 24
#
# Tips:
# - To upgrade npm to latest, also run `nvm install-latest-npm`
# - To remove previous version, uncommoment the line with `nvm uninstall "$prev_ver`
# - View all currently installed node versions with `nvm ls`
#
# I recomend adding this to your ~/.bash_profile

node-upgrade() {
    new_version=${1:?"Please specify a version to upgrade to. Example: node-upgrade 18"}
    nvm install "$new_version" --reinstall-packages-from=current
    nvm alias default "$new_version"
    # nvm uninstall "$prev_ver"
    nvm cache clear
}

nvm-node-upgrade.zsh

#!/bin/zsh

# Update Node to selected version
# and reinstall previous packages
# when using NVM
#
# usage: node-upgrade 24
#
# Tips:
# - To upgrade npm to latest, also run `nvm install-latest-npm`
# - To remove previous version, uncommoment the line with `nvm uninstall "$prev_ver`
# - View all currently installed node versions with `nvm ls`
#
# I recomend adding this to your ~/.zprofile

node-upgrade() {
    readonly new_version=${1:?"Please specify a version to upgrade to. Example: node-upgrade 18"}
    nvm install "$new_version" --reinstall-packages-from=current
    nvm alias default "$new_version"
    # nvm uninstall "$prev_ver"
    nvm cache clear
}