Install AzCopy on Linux

install-AzCopy.sh

#!/bin/bash
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# Install AzCopy on Linux
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10
# https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy
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# Developer.......: Andre Essing (https://www.andre-essing.de/)
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#                                (https://twitter.com/aessing)
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# THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
# EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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# Download and extract
wget https://aka.ms/downloadazcopy-v10-linux
tar -xvf downloadazcopy-v10-linux

# Move AzCopy
sudo rm -f /usr/bin/azcopy
sudo cp ./azcopy_linux_amd64_*/azcopy /usr/bin/
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/azcopy

# Clean the kitchen
rm -f downloadazcopy-v10-linux
rm -rf ./azcopy_linux_amd64_*/

Slightly improved version (without forking a shell):

curl -L https://aka.ms/downloadazcopy-v10-linux | sudo tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin --no-same-owner --exclude=*.txt -xzvf -

Awesome @orgads, Thank you!

I agree with @aessing (thanks Andre!) for the script. Keeping the gist as separate lines is good for readability. People who want the oneliners can use those, but good that the gist is in separate lines.

curl -L https://aka.ms/downloadazcopy-v10-linux | sudo tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin --no-same-owner --exclude=*.txt -xzvf -| sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/azcopy
aaand the final chmod to actually use this as non root ;)

Use quotes on "*.txt" to run it inside zsh

curl -L https://aka.ms/downloadazcopy-v10-linux | sudo tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin --no-same-owner --exclude="*.txt" -xzvf - | sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/azcopy

Thanks @rzewus and thanks @SolomidHero for your suggestions and help getting my code into a one-liner.
Love it

azcopy can now be installed via apt/dnf/etc.

https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/releases/tag/v10.26.0

I would suggest that you can still have multiple lines for clarity, while still using stdin/stdout to remove the need to drop tons of files on the filesystem to then just clean them up...

something like:

# Download and extract azcopy binary to /usr/local/bin
curl -L https://aka.ms/downloadazcopy-v10-linux | \
sudo tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin --no-same-owner --exclude="*.txt" -xzvf -

# Update permissions to allow non-root execution
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/azcopy