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No need to overcomplicate things, just write a small shell script or even just an alias. I use this daily:
alias get-rekt="sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && flatpak update -y && flatpak remove --unused --delete-data -y"adjust accordingly for Fedora and/or snaps. Obviously doesn't work for appimages or manually compiled stuff which should be a last resort if there's no other sensible way to install stuff.
edit: voyager shat the bed with the code block but you get the point
"no need to overcomplicate things, just write a complicated alias"
This is the way of the system administrator. You do a boring task once, even if it takes longer. The time saved accumulates over time.
Aliases are your friends.
How is that a complicated alias? Seems pretty straightforward to me. But again, if you prefer a shell script which does the same thing but separated line by line, also fine