<p>
Make a directory to house your shortened URLs.
</p>

<pre><code>
$ ssh example.com mkdir public_html/u
</code></pre>

<p>
On demand, create a subdirectory for the shortened URL you want to create.
</p>

<pre><code>
$ ssh example.com mkdir public_html/u/hpr
</code></pre>

<p>
Create an HTTP redirect in an index.html file.
</p>

<pre><code>
$ ssh example.com echo ""&lt;html>&lt;title>Shortened URL&lt;/title>&lt;head>&lt;meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0; URL=http:&#47;&#47;hackerpublicradio.org&#47;correspondents/0078.html' />&lt;/head>&lt;/html>"" &gt; www/u/hpr/index.html
</code></pre>

<p>
Your shortened URL is example.com/u/hpr
</p>
