tomd

#!/bin/sh

# shell script to convert textile content to markdown using sed, awk and pandoc.
# copy this file and tomd_pre.awk and tomd_post.awk into your local jekyll project folder
# then `chmod +x tomd` and invoke with `tomd [_posts] [_old_posts]`
# remember to keep a backup of everything, and USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

set -e
set -o pipefail

# make sure the following exist
echo "checking for sed, awk, and pandoc"
which sed     | sed '1 q'
awk --version | sed '1 q'
pandoc -v     | sed '1 q'

# script dir
DIR=`dirname $0`

# posts dir
if [ $1 ] ; then
  POSTSDIR=$1
else
  POSTSDIR=_posts
fi

# archive dir
if [ $2 ] ; then
  OLDDIR=$1
else
  OLDDIR=_old_posts
fi

echo "looking for .textile files in $POSTSDIR moving them to $OLDDIR"
mkdir -p -v $OLDDIR

# find all the textile files
find $POSTSDIR -name \*.textile | sed 's/\.textile$//' >tomd_files.txt

while read foo; do

  # save YAML header
  sed -n '1,/^---/ p' $foo.textile >tomd_head.txt

  # textile (minus header) | tomd_pre | pandoc | tomd_post
  sed '1,/^---/ d' $foo.textile | awk -f $DIR/tomd_pre.awk | pandoc -B tomd_head.txt -f textile -t markdown_github | awk -f $DIR/tomd_post.awk >$foo.md

  # archive
  mv $foo.textile $OLDDIR

done <tomd_files.txt

echo `wc -l <tomd_files.txt` textile files converted

# clean up
rm -f tomd_files.txt tomd_head.txt tomd-include-*.txt