diff --git a/libexec/webskel/commands/new b/libexec/webskel/commands/new
index a2a82af..7e9df6a 100755
--- a/libexec/webskel/commands/new
+++ b/libexec/webskel/commands/new
@@ -28,17 +28,8 @@ fi
 if [ -e "${sharebase}"/"${skel}".skeleton ]; then
     target="${sharebase}"/"${skel}".skeleton
     destdir="$(pwd)"/"${appname}"
-    cd "${target}"
-    find . \
-	 -type d \
-	 -exec install -d -m u=rwx,g=rx,o= "${destdir}"/"{}" \;	\
-	 -exec echo -n . \;
-    echo
-    find . \
-	 -type f \
-	 -exec install -m u=rwx,g=rx,o= {} "${destdir}"/"{}" \; \
-	 -exec echo -n . \;
-    echo
+    "${libexec}"/scripts/mkdir "${target}" "${destdir}"
+    "${libexec}"/scripts/install "${target}" "${destdir}"
     printok "initialized ${appname}"
 else
     printerr "skeleton ${skel} was not found"
diff --git a/libexec/webskel/scripts/install b/libexec/webskel/scripts/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..912359e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexec/webskel/scripts/install
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+##
+# variables
+target="${1}"
+destdir="${2}"
+
+##
+# main
+cd "${target}"
+find . \
+     -type f \
+     -exec install -m u=rwx,g=rx,o= {} "${destdir}"/"{}" \; \
+     -exec echo -n . \;
+echo
diff --git a/libexec/webskel/scripts/mkdir b/libexec/webskel/scripts/mkdir
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..626cd77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexec/webskel/scripts/mkdir
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+##
+# variables
+target="${1}"
+destdir="${2}"
+
+##
+# main
+cd "${target}"
+find . \
+     -type d \
+     -exec install -d -m u=rwx,g=rx,o= "${destdir}"/"{}" \;	\
+     -exec echo -n . \;
+echo