Markdown document parser (via #python@freenode)

markdown-doc-parser.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import re

data = """# Foo

Print a string.

```sh
echo "foo"
```

Delete a file.

```sh
rm the_file.txt
```

Really delete a file.

```sh
rm -f the_file.txt
```"""

pattern = '\n(.*?)\n\n```sh\n(.*?)```'

raw = re.findall(pattern, data, re.DOTALL)

outdict = {k.strip(): v.strip() for k, v in raw}

print(outdict)