Bulk file/directory creation

This script enables bulk file/directory creation using a template file for input. It supports nested files and directories. It will replace all space characters in generated dirs with hyphens.

Create a file with the following content and store it on your path (e.g., ~/.local/bin/ or $VIFM/scripts if not planning to use it outside of Vifm):

#!/usr/bin/env bash

TMPDIR="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
EDITOR="${EDITOR:-vi}"
gen_file=$(mktemp) || exit
trap 'rm -f "$gen_file"' EXIT
"$EDITOR" "$gen_file" || exit

while IFS= read -r line; do
  line="${line/% }"
  line="${line// /-}"
  if [[ -z $line ]]; then
    continue
  fi
  if [[ $line == */* ]]; then 
    if [[ $line == */ ]]; then
      mkdir -p "$line"
    else
      mkdir -p "$(dirname "$line")" && touch "$line"
    fi
  else
    touch "$line"
  fi
done < "$gen_file"

Then you can bind it in your ~/.config/vifm/vifmrc:

nnoremap <wait> on :!mkbulk<cr>