tweaking...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>

.pct-helpers

@@ -144,19 +144,23 @@ normpath(){
 #
 #	getLatestTemplate PATTERN [VAR]
 #
+# see:
+#	https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container
 getLatestTemplate(){
-	IFS=$'\n'
+	#IFS=$'\n'
 	local pattern=$1
-	local tamplates=($(pveam available | grep $1))
+	local templates=($(pveam available | grep -o ''${1}'.*$'))
 	local latest=${templates[-1]}
 
-	pveam download local ${latest}
+	@ pveam download local ${latest}
+
+	latest=$(pveam list local | grep -o "^.*$latest")
+	#latest=($(ls /var/lib/vz/template/cache/${1}*))
 
 	[ -z $2 ] \
 		|| eval "$2=${latest}"
 }
 
-
 #
 #	xread [-n] MSG VAR
 #
@@ -320,13 +324,10 @@ pctCreate(){
 #	pctCreate ID ARGS [PASS]
 #
 pctCreateAlpine(){
-	if [ $DRY_RUN ] ; then
+	local TEMPLATE
-		local TEMPLATE=(/var/lib/vz/template/cache/alpine-3.18\*.tar.xz)
+	getLatestTemplate alpine TEMPLATE
-	else
-		local TEMPLATE=($(ls /var/lib/vz/template/cache/alpine-3.18*.tar.xz))
-	fi
 
-	pctCreate $1 "${TEMPLATE[-1]}" "$2" "$3"
+	pctCreate $1 "$TEMPLATE" "$2" "$3"
 
 	@ lxc-attach $1 apk update
 	@ lxc-attach $1 apk upgrade