How can I list only modules which need an update?

Question

Drush 8.1.9 & Drupal 7.53. What I'm looking for is a command like drush ups but without all the modules that are [OK] – so when used with an alias of several sites I don't have to scroll through loads. So all I get is:

aliasname     
Name                               Installed Version  Proposed version  Message          
     Metatag (metatag)                  7.x-1.19           7.x-1.20          Update available 
     Views Slideshow (views_slideshow)  7.x-3.4            7.x-3.5           Update available 

I found drush vset update_check_disabled 1 -y && drush -n -p up – it works but here's a sample output, which is not what I want.

media_ckeditormedia_ckeditormedia_ckeditor
views_slideshowmedia_ckeditor

I also want the version info. Is there anything I can do to get a list of all modules which need an update including the version info?

Answer 1

Drush puts that [ok] information out on stderr. So you can actually just dump that by using:

drush ups 2>/dev/null

which for me gave:

 $ drush ups 2>/dev/null
 Name    Installed Version  Proposed version  Message
 Drupal  8.2.5              8.2.6             Update available

Answer 2

Consider using 'grep'. It's not exactly a drush-specific command but will get the job done.

drush ups | grep 'Update available'

This command will return all lines that contain the phrase 'Update available'.

Answer 3

In a Drupal 8 project it's better to list updates using composer:

composer outdated 'drupal/*'

Answer 4

If your site is built with Composer you can use drush pm:security.

Check Drupal Composer packages for pending security updates.

This uses the Drupal security advisories package to determine if updates are available.

This will give you the following sample output:

+-------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Name        | Installed Version | Suggested version |
+-------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| drupal/core | 8.6.7             | 8.6.10            |
+-------------+-------------------+-------------------+

Answer 5

Using drush pm:security, you can automatically update your website using the BASH code:

SECURITY_UPDATES=$(drush pm:security --field=name | tr '\n' ' ')
SECURITY_UPDATES=${SECURITY_UPDATES//drupal\/core/drupal\/core-recommended}
      
composer update $SECURITY_UPDATES --with-dependencies