This is a simple bash script to convert one or more HTML files to markdown format. I created it to quickly convert a Medium export for import into my Obsidian vault.
mkmd path/*.html
MKMD_SH="https://gist.github.com/ScottJWalter/e813aa1f6534492e65dd6287b8d14f18/raw/d192d2f0c9da5dc070d7b2c979ab8421d6e8223d/mkmd.sh"
bash <(curl -sL ${MKMD_SH}) args...
bash <(wget -nv -O - ${MKMD_SH}) args...
| #!/bin/sh | |
| # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| # | |
| generate_md() { | |
| if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then | |
| echo " *** file not found: $1" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| if [ ! -r "$1" ]; then | |
| echo " *** file not readable: $1" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # get html file's metadata | |
| f_name=$(basename $1) | |
| f_basename="${f_name%.*}" | |
| f_create=$(stat -c %w "$1") | |
| f_modified=$(stat -c %y "$1") | |
| f_changed=$(stat -c %z "$1") | |
| # if creation (birth) date is blank, use 'change' date | |
| if [ "$f_create" = "-" ]; then | |
| f_create=$f_changed | |
| fi | |
| echo " Processing $f_basename ..." | |
| cat > $f_basename.md << EOF | |
| --- | |
| title: | |
| - $f_basename | |
| created: $f_create | |
| updated: $f_modified | |
| tags: | |
| - medium | |
| --- | |
| $(html2md -i $1) | |
| EOF | |
| rm $1 | |
| echo " .. $f_basename.md created." | |
| } | |
| # ============================================================================= | |
| # MAIN | |
| # ============================================================================= | |
| # | |
| if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then | |
| echo "usage: $(basename $0) <html file>" | |
| return 0 | |
| fi | |
| for f in $@; do | |
| generate_md "$f" | |
| done | |
| echo "Done!" | |
| # | |
| # ============================================================================= |