mdpreview

#!/bin/bash
#
# A markdown previewer by Antonio Ognio <[email protected]>
# 
# Should work in a UNIX-like system using Bash such as GNU/Linux or Mac OS X#
# It depends on the uuid and markdown commands.
# In Ubuntu just type this: apt-get install uuid markdown
#

UUID=$(uuid)
BASENAME=$(basename $1)
FILENAME="/tmp/$BASENAME-$UUID.html"
echo -n "Creating temporary file at $FILENAME..."
markdown $1 > $FILENAME 2> /dev/null
echo " [done]"
#google-chrome $FILENAME #Uncomment for google-chrome
firefox $FILENAME
sleep 5
echo -n "Deleting temporary file at $FILENAME..."
rm $FILENAME 2>&1 >> /dev/null
echo " [done]"