macOS Create Multiple Text Files

[gilgil2]

Hi, I am not sure this is the right place to post, but it seemed the most appropriate.

I have a list of several thousand names (stock tickers) and would like to turn each one into a .php file with exactly the same content, as the content is then generated from the file name.

Is there a quick way to do this, or do I need to do each one individually?

Thanks

 

[Hansr]

You can easily do this in the shell by reading the tickers from a text file and have a base .php file and then just copy it with the new names with a loop. But it seems pointless. What are you trying to achieve?

 

[gilgil2]

It is for a website, so each company has a page with a price quote, chart and articles on. The content of the page is already written, I just need the files to be created, as it takes the filename and uses that to get the quotes, charts, <title> etc.

 

[Hansr]

Why not display.php?ticker=BLAH

With obvious sanitation.