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I just wrote a function in my ~/.bashrc that will let me create a folder for a new website with one command. The function looks like this:

function newsite() { mkcd "$*" # mkdir and cd into it mkdir "js" mkdir "imgs" touch "index.html" touch "main.css" vim "index.html" }

Now what I would like to do is, instead of just touching index.html and main.css I'd like to create basic template files for index.html and main.css problem is I have absolutely no idea how to do that. I don't know much about writing to files using bash commands. Typically I'd just open the files in vim and go to town but I'd like to have something already started when I get into vim...

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    It'd probably be easier to save your templates in some directory site_template/, and just do a recursive copy from the template folder to the new site folder, followed by whatever cd and vim commands you want. Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 4:15
  • @jw013 AH Yes super simple! Thank you very much :D Make that an answer and I'll accept it. Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 4:22
  • Looks like @HaiVu posted an answer already, so need for me to make another :) Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 4:38
  • You're better off using a build tool like scons to do this. Commented Feb 10, 2012 at 5:25

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I like jw013's idea: 

mkdir -p ~/site_template/{js,imgs} # Creates all the files in this directory: index.html, main.css, ...

Now, when it's time to create a new site:

cp -r ~/site_template ~/my_site

That would be much easier. Plus, you can edit your site template files any way you like.

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jw013's idea and HaiVu's answer are both correct. However for the sake of completeness for anyone who comes upon this question wanting the answer, here it is;

function newsite() { mkcd "$*" # mkdir and cd into it mkdir "js" mkdir "imgs" cat > index.html <<'EOI' <html> <head> </head> <body> </body> </html> EOI cat > main.css <<'EOI' body { font-family: Arial; } EOI vim "index.html" }

The <<'EOI' thing is called a heredoc, most scripting languages have them.

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