mdcode v0.2.0 is here 🎉!
The main feature of this release is the run subcommand.
mdcode run
Run shell commands on markdown code blocks
Synopsis
Extract code blocks to the file system and run shell commands on them
The code blocks are written to the file named in the file metadata.
The code block may include region metadata, which contains the name of the region. In this case, the code block is written to the appropriate part of the file marked with the #region comment.
The optional argument of the mdcode run command is the name of the markdown file. If it is missing, the README.md file in the current directory (if it exists) is processed.
This can be followed by a double dash (--) and then the shell command line to be executed (even a complex command, such as for).
Alternatively, the commands to be executed can be embedded in a code block in the document. In this case, the language must be sh and it is necessary to name the code block with the metadata name. The name of the code block containing the commands can be specified with the --name flag (if not, the first code block containing the sh language and name metadata will be executed).
Code blocks are extracted to a temporary directory. This directory will be the current directory when running the commands. The temporary directory is deleted after executing the commands (deletion can be prevented by using the --keep flag). Instead of a temporary directory, the name of the directory to be used can be specified with the --dir flag. In this case, of course, the directory is not deleted after executing the commands.