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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#  vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et
+#
+#  Author: Hari Sekhon
+#  Date: 2024-09-16 13:47:47 +0200 (Mon, 16 Sep 2024)
+#  (ported from Knowledge Base parquet page)
+#
+#  https://github.com/HariSekhon/DevOps-Bash-tools
+#
+#  License: see accompanying Hari Sekhon LICENSE file
+#
+#  If you're using my code you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and optionally send me feedback to help steer this or other code I publish
+#
+#  https://www.linkedin.com/in/HariSekhon
+#
+
+set -euo pipefail
+[ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x
+srcdir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091
+. "$srcdir/../lib/utils.sh"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034,SC2154
+usage_description="
+Quickly determines and downloads latest Apache Parquet Tools jar or an explicitly given version
+"
+
+# used by usage() in lib/utils.sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+usage_args="[<version>]"
+
+#version="1.11.2"
+version="${1:-latest}"
+
+downloads_url='https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/parquet/parquet-tools'
+
+# ERE format for grep -E
+version_regex='<a href="[[:digit:]]+.[[:digit:]]+.[[:digit:]]+/" title="[[:digit:]]+.[[:digit:]]+.[[:digit:]]+/">([[:digit:]]+.[[:digit:]]+.[[:digit:]]+)/</a>'
+
+# Should match these:
+#
+# <a href="1.10.0/" title="1.10.0/">1.10.0/</a>
+# <a href="1.10.1/" title="1.10.1/">1.10.1/</a>
+# <a href="1.11.0/" title="1.11.0/">1.11.0/</a>
+# <a href="1.11.1/" title="1.11.1/">1.11.1/</a>
+# <a href="1.11.2/" title="1.11.2/">1.11.2/</a>
+# <a href="1.7.0/" title="1.7.0/">1.7.0/</a>
+# <a href="1.8.0/" title="1.8.0/">1.8.0/</a>
+# <a href="1.8.1/" title="1.8.1/">1.8.1/</a>
+# <a href="1.8.2/" title="1.8.2/">1.8.2/</a>
+# <a href="1.8.3/" title="1.8.3/">1.8.3/</a>
+# <a href="1.9.0/" title="1.9.0/">1.9.0/</a>
+
+if [ "$version" = "latest" ]; then
+    timestamp "Determining latest Parquet Tools version from $downloads_url"
+    versions="$(
+        curl -sS "$downloads_url/" |
+        grep -Eo "$version_regex" |
+        sed 's|</a>[[:space:]]*$||; s|^.*>||; s|/$||'
+    )"
+    version="$(sort -Vr <<< "$versions" | head -n 1)"
+    timestamp "Determined latest Parquet Tools version to be $version"
+fi
+
+download_url="$downloads_url/$version/parquet-tools-$version.jar"
+
+"$srcdir/../bin/download_url_file.sh" "$download_url"