Create multiple files with different extensions with one command
I am looking for a way to create multiple files with one command and automate the process.
They should share a common name but different extensions. The extensions are always the same.
For example index.js, index.css, index.html
So instead of using
touch index.js, index.css, index.html
I would like to have an miracoules command which does something like this:
*miracle* index
and 3 files are created.
Something like
touch index.{js,css,html}
should work. Which of course can then be turned into a shell function with
miracle() {
[[ "$1" ]] && touch -- "$1."{js,css,html}
}
The test ensures that the files only get created if a name is passed as an argument, the touch --
ensures that miracle -foo
doesn't lead to an error.
and used as
miracle index
To have this defined automatically in bash
add the function definition to ~/.bash_profile
, for zsh
use ~/.zprofile
.