A PowerShell cmdlet to make markdown files more readable in the console.

Format-Markdown.ps1

function Format-MarkDown {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        # Parameter help description
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
        [string[]]
        $InputObject
    )
    begin {
        $Color = 'gray'
    }
    process {
        $Lines = $InputObject -split '`r`n'

        ForEach ($Line in $Lines) {

            if (-Join $Line[0..2] -eq '###') {
                $Line = ($Line -Replace '^###','').Trim()
                Write-Host $Line -ForegroundColor 'Blue'
            }
            elseif (-Join $Line[0..1] -eq '##') {
                $Line = ($Line -Replace '^##','').Trim()
                Write-Host $Line -ForegroundColor 'Cyan'
            }
            elseif ($Line[0] -eq '#') {
                $Line = ($Line -Replace '^#','').Trim()
                Write-Host $Line -ForegroundColor 'White'
            }
            else {
                $Words = $Line -Split ' '

                ForEach ($Word in $Words) {
                    if ($Word[0] -eq '`') {
                        $Color = 'yellow'
                        $Word = $Word -Replace '`', ''
                    }
                    Write-Host "$Word " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor $Color
                    $Color = 'gray'
                }
                Write-Host ''
            }
        }
    }
}