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Blogging From the Command Line

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Scott Nesbitt
Jun 28, 2007

“While podcasting and video blogging are all the rage, many
people still prefer the simplicity of the typed word for expressing
themselves online–that is, a blog. However, popular blogging
platforms like WordPress and Movable Type can be tough to configure
and maintain. On the other hand, you might not want to use an
online service like Blogger or TypePad because you want complete
control over your blog. If you’re not afraid of the command line,
take a peek at Bash Blogger. As its name implies, this application
is a bash script that automates all of your blogging tasks (aside
from writing, of course).

“Bash Blogger’s shell scripts come in a 36KB archive. After you
download it, extract the archive somewhere in your path, then run
the script bblog_setup, which will create a directory containing
Bash Blogger’s configuration file and a bunch of supporting files.
If all goes well, the installation should take only a few
seconds…”

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Scott Nesbitt

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