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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# If the number of arguments is not equal to 1, exit and display usage info.
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: archive_index_template BUCKET_NAME"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create temporary directory.
+TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+
+# Check if temporary directory was created.
+if ! test -d "$TMP_DIR"; then
+    echo "Failed to create temp dir"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Cleanup temporary directory.
+function cleanup() {
+    rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
+    echo "Cleaned up temp dir at $TMP_DIR"
+}
+
+# Trigger cleanup trap on EXIT and SIGINT signals
+trap cleanup EXIT SIGINT
+
+# Download archive-index-template.html and save to temporary directory as
+# index.html.
+wget --quiet https://files.hyperreal.coffee/archive-index-template.html \
+    -O "${TMP_DIR}/index.html"
+
+# Replace "CHANGEME" with the the BUCKET_NAME argument in index.html.
+sed -i "s/CHANGEME/$1/g" "${TMP_DIR}/index.html"
+
+# Put the new index.html into the root of the given bucket.
+mcli put "${TMP_DIR}/index.html" "minio/${1}/"