#!/bin/bash f="$1" if [ -z "$f" ]; then echo "usage: $0 file.shtml"; exit 1; fi echo "Top 120 lines with SSI directives highlighted:" sed -n '1,120p' "$f" | nl -ba | sed -n '1,120p' | sed -n '1,120p' echo "SSI tags found:" sed -n '1,120p' "$f" | grep -nE '<!--#' || echo "none"
curl -s http://yourdomain.com/index.shtml | head -n 20
Right-click the page and select (or press Ctrl + U / Cmd + Option + U ).
The -n option is the most frequently used parameter. It allows you to specify exactly how many lines from the top of the file you wish to view. This is incredibly useful if the first ten lines are not enough to capture the entire HTML <head> section or a complex set of initial SSI commands. To view the first 20 lines of an SHTML file, you would use: view shtml top
. It is the first thing the browser asks for—the global header that defines the horizon before the content even knows its name. The Skeleton : It starts with a , a declaration of law. The Metadata
Download or open the .shtml file in a text editor like VS Code, Notepad++, or Sublime Text.
Options IncludesNOEXEC
Double-clicking an .shtml file on your local computer will open it in a browser, but the SSI directives will not work. You will likely see broken layouts or raw code like . To fix this, you must run a local server environment like XAMPP or Apache. 2. Viewing the Source Code (Edit View)
: Before the web server (like Apache or Nginx) sends the webpage to the user's browser, it parses the file for specific commands.
This command fetches the processed output (what the browser sees), limited to the first 20 lines. This is incredibly useful if the first ten
SHTML files display SSI directives when opened directly from your hard drive ( file:// protocol). You must serve them through a properly configured web server (Apache, Nginx, etc.).
🧩 Quick Tip: How to View the “Top” of an SHTML File
AddType and AddOutputFilter : Instructs the server to treat .shtml files as HTML and parse them for SSI commands. Nginx Server Configuration The Skeleton : It starts with a , a declaration of law
Because the server processes SSI directives before delivery, you cannot see the template tags by simply using a browser's "View Source" feature. Method 1: Browser View Source (End Result) Open your browser and navigate to the .shtml page.