Put a little style in Apache’s directory index

#!/bin/sh
echo "Warning: this post is 18 years and 3 months old."
echo "Expect bit-rot, dead links, and general entropy."

While researching a problem I was having with Apache I came across indices, a “neat set of hacks” that adds some style to Apache’s default generated indexes. Using Scott Evan’s scripts, I was able to change my directory index from this:

to this:

Much nicer!