Bulk Proxmox Container Template Download "pveam download all"

pveamall.sh

#!/bin/bash

 #
 # Title: pveam download all - pveamall.sh
 # Description: Automates downloading all of the available container images via the Proxmox tool pveam, with options for selectivity for certain categories.
 # Author: Chemputer
 # Date: Nov 2nd, 2021
 #

# simply put the name of the storage, like local, or whatever you named it.
storage="raid5nfs" 
#storage="local"

# enable with a 1, disable category with a 0. 
mail=0
system=1
turnkeylinux=1

# enable/disable updating pveam database before downloading, only really useful to disable for testing.
update=1

if (( $update ));
then
pveam update
fi

if (( $mail ));
then
pveam available --section mail | xargs -0 | awk '{print $2;}' | while read template; do pveam download $storage $template; done
fi

if (( $system ));
then
pveam available --section system | xargs -0 | awk '{print $2;}' | while read template; do pveam download $storage $template; done
fi

if (( $turnkeylinux ));
then
pveam available --section turnkeylinux | xargs -0 | awk '{print $2;}' | while read template; do pveam download $storage $template; done
fi