gistfile1.sh

# get the latest WordPress
curl http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz -o latest.tar.gz

# extract the archive
tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz

# move it to the root...
mv wordpress/* ./

# delete the latest.tar.gz archive and 
# the wordpress directory...
rm latest.tar.gz
rmdir wordpress/

# we'll need the mu-plugins directory later...
mkdir wp-content/mu-plugins

# set up ownership and permissions...
cd ../
sudo chown -R chris:webdev myapp/
sudo chmod -R g+rwx myapp/
cd myapp