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+#!/bin/bash
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ericsson, EfficiOS Inc. and others
+#
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Contributors:
+# Marc-André Laperle - Initial version
+# Alexandre Montplaisir - Initial version
+###############################################################################
+
+# Point ourselves to the script's directory (so it can be run "out-of-tree")
+DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
+output=`mvn versions:display-plugin-updates -f $DIR/../pom.xml`
+
+#filter only updates and show unique
+summary=`echo "${output}" | grep "\\->" | sort | uniq`
+echo -e "Summary:\n${summary}"
+
+#remove empty lines and count lines
+outdatedNb=`echo "${summary}" | sed '/^\s*$/d' | wc -l`
+echo Number of outdated plugins: "${outdatedNb}"
+exit ${outdatedNb}