one liner to update installed packages on a Debian based linux box

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#   one liner to update installed packages on a Debian based linux box like my laptop
#
#   on debian based linux put below one liner into your ~/.bashrc
#   to define an alias I use to update installed packages
#   then just type in   doit to perfom updates

alias doit='echo "sudo service packagekit restart"; sudo service packagekit restart; echo; kill $( ps -eafww|grep update-manager|grep -v grep | grep update-manager | tr -s " " |cut -d" "  -f2 ) > /dev/null 2>&1;  echo "sudo ucf --purge /boot/grub/menu.lst" ; sudo ucf --purge /boot/grub/menu.lst ; echo; echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update" ; DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update ; echo; echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get --fix-broken install -y " ; DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get --fix-broken install -y ; echo;  echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive  sudo apt-get -f install -y " ;  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive  sudo apt-get -f install -y ; echo;  echo "sudo env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive UCF_FORCE_CONFFNEW=YES apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -yy dist-upgrade -yq" ; sudo env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive UCF_FORCE_CONFFNEW=YES apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -yy dist-upgrade -yq ; echo; echo " df -h" ; df -h ; echo; echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get autoremove -yq " ;  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get autoremove -yq ; echo; echo "sudo apt-get autoclean -y" ; sudo apt-get autoclean -y ;echo;  [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] && echo && echo " [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] ; sudo reboot now # if it reached this far machine wants a reboot " && echo # if it reached this far machine wants a reboot ' 

#   above alias is exploded below for ease of seeing each command
#   notice it echos back whether it determines if given machine wants a reboot after doing all updates

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echo "sudo service packagekit restart";
sudo service packagekit restart;
echo;
kill $( ps -eafww|grep update-manager|grep -v grep | grep update-manager | tr -s " " |cut -d" "  -f2 ) > /dev/null 2>&1;

echo "sudo ucf --purge /boot/grub/menu.lst";
sudo ucf --purge /boot/grub/menu.lst;

echo; echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update";

DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get update;

echo;
echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get --fix-broken install -y " ;
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get --fix-broken install -y ;

echo;  echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive  sudo apt-get -f install -y " ;

DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive  sudo apt-get -f install -y ;

echo;
echo "sudo env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive UCF_FORCE_CONFFNEW=YES apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -yy dist-upgrade -yq" ;

sudo env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive UCF_FORCE_CONFFNEW=YES apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -yy dist-upgrade -yq ;

echo;
echo " df -h" ;
df -h ;
echo;
echo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get autoremove -yq " ;
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get autoremove -yq ;
echo;
echo "sudo apt-get autoclean -y" ;
sudo apt-get autoclean -y ;
echo;

[ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] && \
 echo && \
 echo " [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] ; sudo reboot now # if it reached this far machine wants a reboot " && \
 echo # if it reached this far machine wants a reboot

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