newcpp is a minimalist command-line tool for quickly generating .cpp files based on a predefined template. Perfect for competitive programmers, students, and anyone who wants to save time creating C++ source files.

• 📝 Create new .cpp file from a template (e.g. SAMPLE.cpp)
• 🔁 Automatically replaces template placeholders (like filenames inside comments or compile commands)
• 🪄 Instantly opens the file in VS Code
• 🧃 Lightweight, terminal-friendly, and fast

1. Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/nghtudung/newcpp.git

2. Make the script executable:

chmod +x /path/to/newcpp/newcpp.py

3. Add an alias to your shell config:

# If you're using zsh:
echo 'alias newcpp="/path/to/newcpp/newcpp"' >> ~/.zshrc

# Or for bash:
echo 'alias newcpp="/path/to/newcpp/newcpp"' >> ~/.bash_profile

4. Reload your shell:

source ~/.zshrc
# or
source ~/.bash_profile

newcpp hello.cpp

➡ This will:

• Copy everything from SAMPLE.cpp
• Replace all internal occurrences of "SAMPLE.cpp" with "hello.cpp"
• Open hello.cpp in VS Code

📁 ~/.../newcpp/
  ├── newcpp.py      # <- The Python script
  └── SAMPLE.cpp     # <- Your template file

• Put your own favourite template inside SAMPLE.cpp
• Works on macOS (I haven't test on Linux or Windows)

// g++ SAMPLE.cpp -o SAMPLE && ./SAMPLE

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0);
    // Your code here
    return 0;
}

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