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| -rwxr-xr-x[-rw-r--r--] | md.sh | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@ # Display a markdown file in a browser after converting it to HTML # SJP 17 Feb 2021 # -# stolen from https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/how-to-make-firefox-read-stdin/24942 +# stolen from https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/how-to-make-firefox-read-stdin/24942 -source = $1 +if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then + echo "Requires the name of one markdown file" + exit 1 +fi -marked $source | firefox "data:text/html;base64,$(base64 -w 0 <&0)" +if ! command -v marked &> /dev/null; then + echo "Install 'marked' before running this script" + exit 1 +fi +if ! command -v firefox &> /dev/null; then + echo "Install 'firefox' before running this script" + exit 1 +fi + + +echo there were $# arguments +mdFile=$1 +marked ${mdFile} | firefox "data:text/html;base64,$(base64 -w 0 <&0)" |