This shell script takes any markdown file in the same folder and creates an Indesign-ready ICML file conversion in a new folder called 'icml'. You can then PLACE that ICML file into an Indesign Template. The idea is that your template file should already have all your Paragraph, Character and Graphic styles ready. Note that your ICML file remain…

md_to_icml.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

declare -r out_dir="./icml"
declare -r old_ifs=${IFS}
declare f
declare filename

if ! command -v pandoc >/dev/null
then
    echo "Install pandoc first." 1>&2
    exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d "${out_dir}" ]
then
    mkdir -p "${out_dir}"
fi

IFS=$'\n'

for f in *.md
do
    filename="${f%.*}"
    echo "Converting ${f} to ${filename}.icml"
    pandoc -s -f markdown -t icml -o "${out_dir}/${filename}.icml" "${filename}.md"
done

IFS=${old_ifs}

Hi Alex!
Thanks for sharing. I tried to execute the file using bash command and found the following errors.

md_to_icml.sh: line 2: $'\r': command not found
: invalid optionine 3: set: -
set: usage: set [-abefhkmnptuvxBCHP] [-o option-name] [--] [arg ...]
md_to_icml.sh: line 4: $'\r': command not found
': not a valid identifierclare: f ': not a valid identifierclare: filename
md_to_icml.sh: line 9: $'\r': command not found
md_to_icml.sh: line 24: syntax error near unexpected token $'do\r'' 'd_to_icml.sh: line 24: do

Any solution, please?