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MARKDOWN

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DESCRIPTION
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NAME

markdown - Convert Markdown syntax to (X)HTML

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
This is a test.
Absolutely nothing to see here. Just a test!
<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
A simple test

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

AUTHOR

The manpage was written by Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> for its use in Debian systems, but can be freely used elsewhere.

For full licensing information, please refer to Text::Markdown.pm’s full documentation.