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Bashblog – a single bash script to create blogs

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Why This Matters

Bashblog offers a minimalist, dependency-free solution for creating static blogs using a simple Bash script, making blogging accessible on various Unix-like systems without complex setups. Its ease of use and broad compatibility empower users to quickly publish content with minimal technical barriers, fostering more personal and lightweight web publishing.

Key Takeaways

bashblog

A single Bash script to create blogs.

I created it because I wanted a very, very simple way to post entries to a blog by using a public folder on my server, without any special requirements and dependencies. Works on GNU/Linux, OSX and BSD.

How simple? Just type ./bb.sh post and start writing your blogpost.

You can see a sample here: read the initial blog post. That page was 100% generated using bashblog, no additional tweaking.

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Usage

Download the code and copy bb.sh into a public folder (for example, $HOME/public_html/blog ) and run

./bb.sh

This will show the available commands. If the file is not executable, type chmod +x bb.sh and retry.

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