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Converting a Word Document to Markdown in Two Moves

The Problem

A lot of important government documents are created and saved in Microsoft Word (*.docx). But Microsoft Word is a proprietary format, and it's not really useful for presenting documents on the web. So, I wanted to find a way to convert a .docx file into markdown.

The Solution

As it turns out, there are several open-source tools that allow for conversion between file types. Pandoc is one of them, and it's powerful. In fact, pandoc's website says "If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife." But, although pandoc can convert from markdown into .docx, it doesn't work in the other direction.

How to disable systemd-resolved in Ubuntu

Stages

Disable and stop the systemd-resolved service:

  sudo systemctl disable systemd-resolved.service
  sudo systemctl stop systemd-resolved

Then put the following line in the [main] section of your /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf:

	#/bin/bash
	#-- Script to automate https://help.github.com/articles/why-is-git-always-asking-for-my-password

	REPO_URL=`git remote -v \| grep -m1 '^origin' \| sed -Ene's#.(https://[^[:space:]]).*#\1#p'`
	if [ -z "$REPO_URL" ]; then
	echo "-- ERROR: Could not identify Repo url."
	echo " It is possible this repo is already using SSH instead of HTTPS."
	exit
	fi

	gifify() {
	if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
	if [[ $2 == '--good' ]]; then
	ffmpeg -i $1 -r 10 -vcodec png out-static-%05d.png
	time convert -verbose +dither -layers Optimize -resize 600x600\> out-static*.png GIF:- \| gifsicle --colors 128 --delay=5 --loop --optimize=3 --multifile - > $1.gif
	rm out-static*.png
	else
	ffmpeg -i $1 -s 600x400 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - \| gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=3 > $1.gif
	fi
	else

	#!/bin/bash

	##
	## Simple logging mechanism for Bash
	##
	## Author: Michael Wayne Goodman <[email protected]>
	## Thanks: Jul for the idea to add a datestring. See:
	## http://www.goodmami.org/2011/07/simple-logging-in-bash-scripts/#comment-5854
	## Thanks: @gffhcks for noting that inf() and debug() should be swapped,
	## and that critical() used $2 instead of $1

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	"""
	Extract malware from Contagio Zip files, determining the password
	automatically.

	Note that the password for each zip file consists of a common base password
	along with the last character of the file name (prior to the .zip extension).
	If you don't know the base password, please contact Mila directly.


	get_latest_release() {
	curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" \| # Get latest release from GitHub api
	grep '"tag_name":' \| # Get tag line
	sed -E 's/."([^"]+)"./\1/' # Pluck JSON value
	}

	# Usage
	# $ get_latest_release "creationix/nvm"
	# v0.31.4

	First we need to create the VLAN on the Synology from the command line:

	See: https://nielshagoort.com/2016/03/30/synology-vlan-tagging/

	Then add Network to Docker using maclvan driver

	See: https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/get-started-macvlan/#macvlan-8021q-trunk-bridge-mode-example-usage

	Details...

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	'''
	calisuck: index, filter-out smartly and download ebooks from Calibre open directories

	Installation:

	You need python 3.5 installed

	Download the file as a zip and unzip-it and get into the dir

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# Original Source Attribution:
	# Location: https://gist.github.com/SandroMachado/87e591fc42f368636b251b566485ae46
	# Author: Sandro Machado
	# Date of retrieval: 2019-05-28
	#
	# Script Summary:
	# This script checks a pingable source and when the failure
	# limit is reached the host is restarted. No files are written