mdconvert.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# \file mdconvert.sh
# \brief This script converts markdown file into C file defining string.
#
# The script expects 3 parameters: 1) input file (in MarkDown)
# 2) output file and 3) name of variable that will be defined (containing
# the text)
# \author Tomas Cejka <cejkat@cesnet.cz>
# \date 2015
#
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if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
echo "Usage: mdconvert.sh inputfile.md outputfile.c varname

where varname is the name of char * pointer that will be defined.
"
exit 0
fi


sed '
# escape quotes
s/"/\\"/g;

# add first line with definition
1s/.*/const char *'"$3"' = "&\\n"/;

# remove blocks for examples
s/```//g;

# every line except the first one (that is already handled) needs to be quoted
2,$s/^\(.*\)$/   "\1\\n"/;

# end of definition
$s/.*/&;/;' "$1" > "$2"