Rust CLI Cheat Sheet/Update Rust toolchains

Update installed toolchains and rustup itself.

Section: Bootstrap and versions

Update Rust toolchains

bash
bash
rustup update
Explanation

Updates channels like stable, beta, and nightly when installed.

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