Markdown-to-HTML Converter

This script converts all Markdown files from a input directory to HTML and applies a layout.html file.

Additionally:

1. replaces {{ partial_filename }} in the generated output by the contents the partial file
2. non-markdown files in input directory are copied to output directory
3. supports subdirectories

Usage

sh script.sh layout.html input_dir output_dir

Parameters

• layout.html: the layout file that will be applied to the generated HTML files.
• input_dir: the directory that contains the markdown files that need to be converted.
• output_dir: the directory where the generated HTML files will be saved.

Requirements

The script requires pandoc to be installed on the system.

Examples

sh script.sh layout.html ~/markdown-files ~/html-files

This command will convert all Markdown files in the ~/markdown-files directory and any subdirectories to HTML files, while applying the layout.html template, and will place the generated files in ~/html-files directory.

Contribution

If you find a bug or want to suggest a feature, please open an issue on GitHub.
If you want to contribute to the code, please submit a pull request.

Note

• This script was tested on MacOS 12.5.1 but should work on any system with minimal adjustments
• It was developed mostly by ChatGPT since I suck at bash scripting in an astronomic level
• ChatGPT also wrote this file
• Read this blog post for a bit of history