Upgrade Enhancements to check-for-updates.sh Script: Telegram Notifications & YUM Check

I’ve added some new functionality to your check-for-updates.sh script, with some assistance from Grok.

First, I added a Telegram notification option using a bot. With a bot token and chat ID configured, the script can now send real-time updates straight to a Telegram chat. I use Telegram for most of my notifications so this is really handy.

Second, I included a simplified YUM update check (based on cpcheck.inc) to send a notification when system updates are available. This can be triggered with a new command-line option, 'yum', or the existing option 'all'.

Both additions are running smoothly in my testing, and if you approve it would be awesome if you could include something like this in the official release.

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Link to script: https://gist.github.com/

 

Oh nice, I'll have a look through it.

It's pretty easy to setup bots with BotFather - just follow the step by step instructions. I have bots setup for all sorts. Just noticed that you mention most of this on your telegram-send page

Regarding the yum update check, on my old server I used to do a daily yum-cron check/update but I would prefer to do the updates myself and also receive the notifications via Telegram rather than email.