“Make” as a Static Site Generator

Re:“Make” as a Static Site Generator by envsubst on Sunday September 10, 2023 @09:56AM (#37455787)

Instead of `m4` or `sed` find and replace, the author should try `envsubst`. It's a program that replaces bash style variable references (for example `$TITLE`) with their value in the environment.

    export CURRENT="..."
    cat page.html | envsubt

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Re:“Make” as a Static Site Generator by teo_zero on Sunday September 10, 2023 @11:02AM (#37456452)

The problem is that the $SOMETHING syntax is just too common if your site is a technical one, and you'll end up substituting too much.

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Re:“Make” as a Static Site Generator by envsubst on Sunday September 10, 2023 @12:20PM (#37457308)

You can specify which variable names are valid, reducing the likelihood of a collision.

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Re:“Make” as a Static Site Generator by karl42 on Monday September 11, 2023 @04:45AM (#37464549)

I agree that `envsubst` is a good choice for this. Unfortunately, it is not part of posix, so you can't rely on it being present everywhere. But as part of gettext, it is still very common.

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