Т.е., в конечном итоге скрипт примет вид
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: get_soft_links.sh <package1> ... <packageN>
URLS=soft`date +%F_%H.%M`-urls.txt
LIST=soft`date +%F_%H.%M`-list.txt
DIR=~/links
# get links
apt-get --print-uris update
apt-get --print-uris -y -qq dist-upgrade | cut -d\' -f2 > $DIR/$URLS
apt-get --print-uris -y -qq install $@ | cut -d\' -f2 >> $DIR/$URLS
# print names of requested packages to file
echo $@ > $DIR/$LIST
#convert unix newline format to windows for windows download managers
sed -i -e 's/$/\r/' $DIR/$URLS
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