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Created March 21, 2014 06:18
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#! /bin/sh
usage() {
echo "usage:"
echo " gitdown <markdown file>"
}
if test $# -lt 1; then
usage;
exit;
fi
echo '<head>'
echo ' <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://gist.githubusercontent.com/andyferra/2554919/raw/2e66cabdafe1c9a7f354aa2ebf5bc38265e638e5/github.css">'
echo '</head>'
markdown "$1"
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This script is a wrapper to markdown that allows you to compile github-styled html from markdown files. For example, to compile and view foo.md:

gitdown foo.md > foo.html
firefox foo.html

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