diff --git a/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen.sh b/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen.sh
index c4e8443..0b9b7e1 100755
--- a/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen.sh
+++ b/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen.sh
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ cp $script_dir/cgen_etc/gitignore_template $name/.gitignore
 sample_file=$name/src/main.c
 
 echo "#include <stdio.h>" >> $sample_file
-echo ""
-echo ""
+echo "" >> $sample_file
+echo "" >> $sample_file
 echo "int main(int argc, char **argv)" >> $sample_file
 echo "{" >> $sample_file
 echo "    printf(\"Hello, world!\\n\");" >> $sample_file
diff --git a/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen_etc/template_clang_format b/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen_etc/template_clang_format
deleted file mode 100644
index 94ff769..0000000
--- a/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen_etc/template_clang_format
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-AlignConsecutiveAssignments: 'true'
-AlignTrailingComments: 'true'
-AllowShortBlocksOnASingleLine: 'false'
-AllowShortCaseLabelsOnASingleLine: 'false'
-AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: None
-AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: Never
-AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine: 'false'
-BreakBeforeBraces: Allman
-ColumnLimit: '120'
-IndentWidth: '4'
-PointerAlignment: Right
-SortIncludes: 'false'
-
diff --git a/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen_etc/template_gitignore b/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen_etc/template_gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d8cedd..0000000
--- a/dotfiles/bash/scripts/cgen_etc/template_gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-# Prerequisites
-*.d
-
-# Object files
-*.o
-*.ko
-*.obj
-*.elf
-
-# Linker output
-*.ilk
-*.map
-*.exp
-
-# Precompiled Headers
-*.gch
-*.pch
-
-# Libraries
-*.lib
-*.a
-*.la
-*.lo
-
-# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)
-*.dll
-*.so
-*.so.*
-*.dylib
-
-# Executables
-*.exe
-*.out
-*.app
-*.i*86
-*.x86_64
-*.hex
-
-# Debug files
-*.dSYM/
-*.su
-*.idb
-*.pdb
-
-# Kernel Module Compile Results
-*.mod*
-*.cmd
-.tmp_versions/
-modules.order
-Module.symvers
-Mkfile.old
-dkms.conf
-
-# VSCode
-
-.vscode/*
-!.vscode/settings.json
-!.vscode/tasks.json
-!.vscode/launch.json
-!.vscode/extensions.json
-*.code-workspace
-
-# Vim
-
-# Swap
-[._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
-!*.svg  # comment out if you don't need vector files
-[._]*.sw[a-p]
-[._]s[a-rt-v][a-z]
-[._]ss[a-gi-z]
-[._]sw[a-p]
-
-# Session
-Session.vim
-Sessionx.vim
-
-# Temporary
-.netrwhist
-*~
-# Auto-generated tag files
-tags
-# Persistent undo
-[._]*.un~