markmac
Markdown macros - embed program outputs in markdown
Let's say I have a markdown file test.md which looks like this:
# Hello, World
This is _just markdown_.
## Current date is:
<!-- <macro exec="date +%x"> -->
<!-- </macro> -->
## Current time is:
<!-- <macro exec="date +%R"> -->
<!-- </macro> -->
If I pipe it through markmac, the macro commands will be executed and their
STDOUT will be embedded between <macro> and </macro>.
$ cat test.md | markmac
# Hello, World
This is _just markdown_.
## Current date is:
<!-- <macro exec="date +%x"> -->
10/07/2020
<!-- </macro> -->
## Current time is:
<!-- <macro exec="date +%R"> -->
15:48
<!-- </macro> -->markmac searches for the <macro> directives inside your markdown file,
executes the command in exec and substitutes the contents between <macro>
and </macro> with STDOUT.
Installation
This program is distributed via npm, so it can be installed through yarn or
npm or any other supporting client:
npm i -g markmac