markdown - Convert Markdown syntax to (X)HTML
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Description
This program is distributed as part of Perl's Text::Markdown module, illustrating sample usage.
Markdown can be invoked on any file containing Markdown-syntax, and will produce the corresponding
(X)HTML on STDOUT:
$ cat file.txt
This is a *test*.
Absolutely _nothing_ to see here. _Just a **test**_!
* test
* Yup, test.
$ markdown file.txt
<p>This is a <em>test</em>.</p>
<p>Absolutely <em>nothing</em> to see here. <em>Just a <strong>test</strong></em>!</p>
<ul>
<li>test</li>
<li>Yup, test.</li>
</ul>
If no file is specified, it will expect its input from STDIN:
$ echo "A **simple** test" | markdown
<p>A <strong>simple</strong> test</p>
Name
markdown - Convert Markdown syntax to (X)HTML
Options
version
Shows the full information for this version
shortversion
Shows only the version number
html4tags
Produce HTML 4-style tags instead of XHTML - XHTML requires elements that do not wrap a block (i.e.
the "hr" tag) to state they will not be closed, by closing with "/>". HTML 4-style will plainly
output the tag as it comes:
$ echo '---' | markdown
<hr />
$ echo '---' | markdown --html4tags
<hr>
help
Shows this documentation
See Also
Text::Markdown, <http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/>
perl v5.40.0 2024-09-27 MARKDOWN(1p)
