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generate static site with 1 line of shell command echo "<html>" > index.html

• secura 9y ago
  Is this a valid HTML? https://validator.w3.org/ https://validator.w3.org/ seems to require this as minimal HTML to validate successfully. <!DOCTYPE html><html><title>0</title> I would thus fix your 1 line shell static site generator like this. echo '<!DOCTYPE html><html><title>0</title>' > index.html
  • butz 9y ago
    You can trim <html> tag and still get valid html: <!DOCTYPE html><title>0</title>
  • cryptoz 9y ago
    It's still a site even if it doesn't validate. HN (news.ycombinator.com) generates more than 100 errors on that validator. Doesn't mean HN isn't a site.
• rambojazz 9y ago
  You can even go more minimalist. An empty file is a site too.
  • 52-6F-62 9y ago
    Still takes one line, but it would be smaller in size touch i
    • e12e 9y ago
      No need to use such a bloated tool as "touch" to create a site. Your shell can do it: > index.html And there's ofcourse: <<eof > index.html <html> <p>hello, world! from $(whoami)</p> </html> eof See also: m4.
      • ariofrio 9y ago
        > index.html You win.
        • 52-6F-62 9y ago
          Agreed. I concede!
          • petercooper 9y ago
            >index.htm Two characters shorter and will work fine on most HTTP servers ;-)
            • 52-6F-62 9y ago
              Now you're just being pedantic, Peter!
              • petercooper 9y ago
                Yes, but it looked like this was turning into a golfing thread ;-)
• noobermin 9y ago
  Snark aside, does it matter if most of the "site" is already in templates? Why shouldn't the templates be included in the metric?