- added shebang line, so nano etc. get the syntax highlighting right

- added function to automatically update flatpaks

home_external/.bash_aliases

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 if [ "$TERM" == 'xterm-kitty' ]; then
    alias ssh='kitty +kitten ssh'
    alias diff='kitty +kitten diff'
@@ -29,6 +31,21 @@ alias fssizes='df -kh --output=size,used,avail,pcent,target | sort -hr'
 alias dirsizes='du -kh --apparent-size --max-depth=1 | sort -hr'
 
 
+updateFlatpak() {
+   noconfirm=
+   if [[ $1 == "-y" ]]; then
+      noconfirm="--assumeyes";
+   fi
+   executeAndNotify "doUpdateFlatpak $noconfirm" "flatpaks updated" "flatpak update failed";
+}
+
+
+doUpdateFlatpak() {
+   flatpak update $1;
+   flatpak remove --unused $1
+}
+
+
 # executes command and notifies upon failure
 execute() {
    dir="$(pwd)";

home_external/.bash_aliases_extra

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash